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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race runs 5.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Early and Korey Jackson and others (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.6listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race at common listening paces
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30 min / day12 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.6 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Social Science shelf

841 Social Science 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 Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race is an audiobook by Jesmyn Ward: a 5.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Early, Korey Jackson and Kevin R. Free and others, released August 2, 2016, on the Social Science shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.6 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Early, Korey Jackson, Kevin R. Free, Cherise Boothe, Susan Spain
Released
August 2, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science
ISBN
9781501940880

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race as an audiobook?

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race runs 5.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.

Is The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race?

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race is narrated by Michael Early, Korey Jackson, Kevin R. Free and Cherise Boothe and others.