Adrienne Raphel Explained

Adrienne Raphel
Birth Place:New Jersey, U.S.

Adrienne Raphel (born 1988) is an American poet and writer. She has published works of poetry as well as a book on the history of crossword puzzles.

Early life and education

Raphel was born in New Jersey but grew up in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, from age ten.[1] She attended the private school St. Johnsbury Academy, writing a puzzle pamphlet as a capstone project in her senior year in 2006.[1] [2] She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 2010, Master of Fine Arts in poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and PhD in English from Harvard University.[1]

Career

Raphel has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review. Her first poetry collection, What Was It For, was published by Rescue Press in 2017; two years before, the manuscript won the publisher's Black Box Poetry Prize contest.[3] [4] Her collection Our Dark Academia (2022) contains poetry and prose about modern life, including a parody Wikipedia article on what she calls "dark academia".[5] [6]

Raphel writes about the history of crossword puzzles in Thinking Inside the Box (2020), published by Penguin Group. The book grew out of her PhD dissertation on crosswords.[2] [5] Besides conducting archival research and interviews, she competed in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and submitted her own puzzle to The New York Times.[7] [8]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adrienne Raphel '06. 2023-07-10. St. Johnsbury Academy. 2023-11-17.
  2. News: 'All It Takes Is Inexhaustible Patience, Limitless Time, and a Warped Mind': A Conversation with Adrienne Raphel. Burt. Stephanie. 2020-05-27. Los Angeles Review of Books. 2023-11-17.
  3. News: Poets GennaRose Nethercott and Adrienne Raphel Keep Vermont on the Literary Map . Shipley. Julia. 2018-12-19. Seven Days. 2023-11-17.
  4. News: Five Poets Offer Eloquent Views of the American Experience. Rooney. Kathleen. Kathleen Rooney. 2017-08-04. The New York Times. 2023-11-17.
  5. News: Poetry Thinking: On Adrienne Raphel's 'Our Dark Academia'. Wessels. Christian. 2023-02-03. Cleveland Review of Books. 2023-11-17.
  6. News: Three New Collections by Three Harvard Poets. Koenig. Andrew. 2023-09-12. Harvard Review. 2023-11-17.
  7. News: Thinking Inside the Box by Adrienne Raphel review – adventures with crosswords. Mesure. Susie. 2020-03-18. The Guardian. 2023-11-17.
  8. News: Here's Looking at You, Grid: A History of Crosswords and Their Fans. Sagal. Peter. Peter Sagal. 2020-03-17. The New York Times. 2023-11-17.

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