The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle DOUGLAS & experiences her own sense of

experiences her own sense of homelessness in a place and among people she has come to disdain

the kingdom's protective wards are failing

The hot brainiac who sleeps in one of the upstairs tenant rooms already has all of her Mexican American family's admiration

Everyone in my family has killed someone

artist Joan West

The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle DOUGLAS & experiences her own sense of"A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off the page." New York Times Combining the soul baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen's Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator's compulsively readable memoir about anorexia and language, and history of the crossword puzzle as an unexpected site of women's work and feminist protest. The