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Born | 1988 (age 35–36) New Jersey, U.S. |
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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.
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]
Raphel has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review. [3] 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]
Adrienne Raphel | |
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![]() Raphel at the 2021
National Book Festival | |
Born | 1988 (age 35–36) New Jersey, U.S. |
Occupation |
|
Education | |
Website | |
www |
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.
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]
Raphel has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review. [3] 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]