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2. The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off the page.&#8212Ne York TimesCombining the soul- baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen&#8217sGambit, a renowned puzzle creator&#8217scompulsively readable memoir and history of the crossword puzzle as an unexpected site of women&#8217swork and feminist protest.The indisputable &#8220quen of crosswords,&#8221Anna Shechtman published her first New York Times puzzle at age nineteen, and later, helped to spearhead the The New Yorker&#8217spopular 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&#8212pat memoir, part cultural analysis&#8212sh excavates the hidden history of the crossword and the overlooked women who have been central to its creation and evolution, from the &#8220Crssword Craze&#8221of 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&#8217vebeen allowed to fill, and the ways that they&#8217veused 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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