Poet, Essayist & Cultural Historian; Author of "Thinking Inside the Box"; Contributor to The New Yorker & The Atlantic
Adrienne Raphel Biography
Adrienne Raphel is an American poet, essayist, and cultural historian whose work bridges literary verse and popular puzzle culture. Raphel holds a doctorate in English from Harvard University, a Master of Fine Arts in poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and an AB summa cum laude from Princeton University. She teaches at CUNY Baruch and the Writer's Foundry MFA program at St. Joseph's University, and is also on faculty with the Berlin Writers' Workshop and serves as a mentor with the Periplus Collective.
Raphel's debut poetry collection, "What Was It For," was selected as winner of the Rescue Press Black Box Poetry Prize, and her chapbook "But What Will We Do" won the Seattle Review Chapbook Contest. Her second poetry collection, "Our Dark Academia," features poetry and prose about modern life, including a parody Wikipedia article on the concept of dark academia. Raphel's essays, poetry, and criticism appear in The New Yorker, Poetry, The New Republic, The Atlantic, Paris Review Daily, Slate, Lana Turner Journal, Poets & Writers, The Iowa Review, and other publications.
Raphel is the author of the nonfiction book "Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them," which explores crossword puzzle history and culture. The book, published by Penguin Group, originated from her doctoral dissertation on crosswords. Raphel examines the puzzle's history, from its early origins to its rise in popularity following the first crossword puzzle compilation published by Simon & Schuster. In addition to archival research and interviews, she participated in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and submitted her own puzzle to The New York Times. The book was named an Editors' Choice by The New York Times Book Review.
Raphel has received awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Lila Wallace Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the New England Poetry Club. Her work explores the intersections of language, culture, poetry, and the enduring appeal of wordplay.
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