Anna Shechtman
New Yorker crossword constructor. She writes about gender and puzzle making in a memoir called The Riddles of the Sphinx, inheriting the feminist history of the crossword puzzle.
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Jun 22, 2024 • 1h 30min
57: “Do More Crosswords!” The Sexual Politics of Language feat. Anna Shechtman
Writer and cruciverbalist Anna Shechtman discusses the sexual politics of language, feminist history of crosswords, and the pleasure in creating and solving puzzles. Topics include écriture feminine, psychoanalysis, Lacan's advice on crosswords, and the complexities of language, feminism, and sexuality. Plenty of puns, frank talk about therapy, and insights into the unconscious mind through crossword puzzles.
