EAN: 9780063275478

THE RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX - ANNA SHECHTMAN GEBU...

Combining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The
Queen's Gambit   a renowned puzzle creator's compulsively readable memoir and history of the
crossword puzzle as an unexpected site of women's work and feminist protest. The indisputable
?queen of crosswords ? Anna Shechtman published her first New York Times puzzle at age nineteen
and later  spearheaded the The New Yorker 's popular crossword section. Working with a medium
often criticized as exclusionary  elitist  and out-of-touch  Anna is one of very few women in
the field of puzzle making  where she strives to make the everyday diversion more diverse. In
this fascinating work?part memoir  part cultural analysis?she excavates the hidden history of
the crossword and the overlooked women who have been central to its creation and evolution 
from the ?Crossword Craze? of the 1920s to the role of digital technology today. As she tells
the story of her own experience in the CrossWorld  she analyzes the roles assigned to women in
American culture  the boxes they've been allowed to fill  and the ways that they've used
puzzles to negotiate the constraints and play of desire under patriarchy. The result is an
unforgettable and engrossing work of art  a loving and revealing homage to one of our most
treasured  entertaining  and ultimately political pastimes.

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