Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them - Softcover
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A delightful, erudite, and immersive exploration of the crossword puzzle and its fascinating history from a brilliant young writer.
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ADRIENNE RAPHEL has written for the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New Republic, Slate and Poetry, among other publications. Her debut poetry collection, What Was It For, won the Rescue Press Black Box Poetry Prize. Born in southern New Jersey and raised in northern Vermont, she holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a PhD from Harvard.
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A delightful, erudite, and immersive exploration of the crossword puzzle and its fascinating history from a brilliant young writer
Equal parts ingenious and fun, Thinking Inside the Box is a love letter to the infinite joys and playful possibilities of language, a treat for die-hard cruciverbalists and first-time crossword solvers alike.
The crossword is a feature of the modern world, inspiring daily devotion and obsession from millions. It was invented in 1913, almost by accident, when an editor at the New York World was casting around for something to fill some empty column space for that year's Christmas edition. Almost overnight, crosswords became a phenomenal commercial success, and have been an essential ingredient of any newspaper worth its salt since then.
Blending first-person reporting from the world of crosswords with a delightful telling of the crossword's rich literary history, Adrienne Raphel dives into the secrets of this classic pastime - at the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament; aboard a crossword-themed cruise; and in the home of New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz.
'Diverting, informative and discursive'
Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review
'This enjoyable survey illuminates many lesser-known aspects of a wildly popular pastime'
Publishers Weekly
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