The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker runs 30 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jane Copland and JD Jackson and others (about 20 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 30 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 60 days |
| 1 hour / day | 30 days |
| 2 hours / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 20 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 30 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jane Copland
Jane Copland narrates 22 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 209 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
45 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2021 recording read by JD Jackson and January LaVoy runs about the same length (30 hours).
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 Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker is an audiobook by Jelani Cobb and David Remnick: a 30-hour unabridged recording, read by Jane Copland, JD Jackson and Kaleo Griffith and others, released September 28, 2021, on the Essays & Anthologies and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 30 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jane Copland, JD Jackson, Kaleo Griffith, January LaVoy, Adjoa Andoh, Maggie-Meg Reed
- Released
- September 28, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780063017627
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker as an audiobook?
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker runs 30 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 20 hours.
Is The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker?
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker is narrated by Jane Copland, JD Jackson, Kaleo Griffith and January LaVoy and others.
Is The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 20 hours, saving 10 hours.