The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things runs 2.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Virginia Fowler and Cheryl Boyce-Taylor and others (about 1.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 2.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.7 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tabitha Brown
Tabitha Brown narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 18 hours in all.
About as long, on the Poetry shelf
150 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 New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things is an audiobook by Nikki Giovanni: a 2.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Virginia Fowler, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor and Patricia Smith and others, released August 26, 2025, on the Poetry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Virginia Fowler, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Patricia Smith, Rio Cortez, Tabitha Brown, Amanda Gorman
- Released
- August 26, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Poetry
- ISBN
- 9780063447547
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things as an audiobook?
The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things runs 2.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.8 hours.
Is The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things?
The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things is narrated by Virginia Fowler, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Patricia Smith and Rio Cortez and others.