The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America runs 14.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Prentice Onayemi (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Prentice Onayemi
Prentice Onayemi narrates 68 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 828 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
603 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- In Cold Blood
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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 Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America is an audiobook by Nicholas Buccola: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Prentice Onayemi, released October 1, 2019, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Prentice Onayemi
- Released
- October 1, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9780691199115
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America as an audiobook?
The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America?
The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America is narrated by Prentice Onayemi.
Is The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.