The Asking: New and Selected Poems: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Asking: New and Selected Poems runs 5.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jane Hirshfield (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.4 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Poetry shelf
68 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Asking: New and Selected Poems is an audiobook by Jane Hirshfield: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jane Hirshfield, released September 12, 2023, on the Poetry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jane Hirshfield
- Released
- September 12, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Poetry
- ISBN
- 9780593791783
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Asking: New and Selected Poems as an audiobook?
The Asking: New and Selected Poems runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.
Is The Asking: New and Selected Poems free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Asking: New and Selected Poems?
The Asking: New and Selected Poems is narrated by Jane Hirshfield.