Thinking Inside the Box by Adrienne Raphel
epub | 10.87 MB | English | Adrienne Raphel | 2020 | Penguin Publishing Group
Description: [b]A delightful, erudite, and immersive exploration of the crossword puzzle and its fascinating history from a brilliant young writer[/b]
The crossword is a feature of the modern world, inspiring daily devotion and obsession from not just everyday citizens looking to pass the time but icons of American life, such as Bill Clinton, Yo-Yo Ma, and Martha Stewart. It was invented in 1913, almost by accident, when a nepaper editor at the New York World was casting around for something to fill some empty column space for that year's Christmas edition. Practically overnight, it became a roaring commercial success, and ever since then has been an essential ingredient of any nepaper worth its salt. Indeed, paradoxically, its popularity has never been greater, even as the world of media and nepapers, its natural habitat, has undergone a perilous digital transformation. But why, exactly, are its satisfactions so sweet that over the decades has it become a fixture of...
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