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Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle - Natan Last - Pantheon Books

Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle - Natan Last - Pantheon Books

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Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle - Natan Last - Pantheon Books


''From Wordle to Spelling Bee, we live in a time of word game mania. Crosswords, in particular, gained renewed popularity during the COVID-19 lockdown, when games became another kind of refuge. Today, 36 million Americans solve crosswords once a week or more, and nearly 23 million solve them daily. Yet, as longtime New Yorker crossword contributor Natan Last will tell you, the seemingly apolitical puzzle has never been more controversial. In recent years, popular puzzle makers like The New York Times ... have been challenged for the way they prioritize certain cultures and perspectives as either the norm (read: white and male) or obscure (everyone else). At the same time, the crossword has never been more democratic. A larger, younger, more tech-savvy, and solidaristic group of people have fallen in love with puzzle solving, ushering in a more inclusive rise to the kinds of people constructing them, challenging the very idea of them and, in fact, what 'normal' actually is''--


Product Specs:
EAN/ISBN: 9780553387704

Contributor: Natan Last

Call Number: GV1507.C7

Dewey: 793.73209

Category: Crossword puzzles ; History ; Political aspects ; Social aspects

Harmonized Code: 4901.99.0070

Publish Date: 11/25/2025

      

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