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Mar 5, 2024 · 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.
Mar 5, 2024 · 3.46. 179 ratings70 reviews. 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.
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Mar 29, 2024 · Crossword constructor Anna Shechtman writes about the women who pioneered the pastime in ‘The Riddles of the Sphinx’. Review by Becca Rothfeld. March 29, 2024 at 7:41 a.m. EDT....
Mar 5, 2024 · THE RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX. INHERITING THE FEMINIST HISTORY OF THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE. by Anna Shechtman ‧RELEASE DATE: March 5, 2024. A forthright self-portrait and perceptive cultural critique. bookshelf. shop now. A memoir of crossword puzzles and self-discovery.
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'At once meticulously researched and beautifully written, The Riddles of the Sphinx unravels the disordered logics of those who live with anorexia and the pathologies of a society that help shape body dysmorphia in so many.
Mar 5, 2024 · ISBN 9780063275478. 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.
