Natan Last
@natanlast
Migration/econ/tech: @USCIS, @asylumadvocacy, IRC, @UNmigration • Crosswords: @newyorker @nytimes • Soon: nonfic for @PantheonBooks • Poet • Rep: @kategarrick
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http://natanlast.com 31-08-2011 16:27:09
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Our next exciting announcement in this Week of Exciting Announcements™ is that we've received the first 100% SOLVE of Adrienne Raphel + Natan Last's Vol. 01 crossword! Congrats to Leonor and Sam, who'll be laureled with limited merch and immortality in the halls of puzzledom.
This year's resolution? Do more crosswords. Inspired by this by Natan Last
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Have you ever really thought about your daily crossword? Natan Last—who's book will soon join the Pantheon list—takes a look at the puzzle and how it could be more inclusive. Natan Last newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
Congrats to everyone's favorite palindrome, Natan Last, on his New Yorker article. The full book will be out next year! newyorker.com/magazine/2023/… Natan Last
2. Peter Rubin takes his crosswords seriously—but you don't have to feel the same to enjoy Natan Last's @newyorker piece about how the iconic puzzle is evolving in long-overdue ways.
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A real-world Jurassic Park scenario. The puzzle(s) of immigration. The Mapplethorpe x Doolittle collaboration you never imagined. Finding solace in poetry. The inner lives of farm animals.
All in this week's edition of the #LongreadsTop5 : longreads.com/2023/12/22/the…
'The crossword was becoming a mass movement in an era of mass movement: the Pennsylvania Railroad printed crosswords on its menus; the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stocked its seat backs with dictionaries.'
Natan Last @newyorker #longreads newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
TIL—via a very The New Yorker (that is to say captivating and poetic) essay by Natan Last that students in India in the late 1990s would solve crosswords to prepare for the questions I was then writing and reviewing for the the Verbal sections of the GMAT.
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Today is Crossword Puzzle Day. Great day for sharing Natan Last 's New Yorker story on crosswords featuring Mumbaikar Mangesh Ghogre.
A very interesting history of crosswords and crossword culture: a must read for word-game enthusiasts.
“Dosti means ‘friendship’ in Hindi. I didn’t know the term, but I’m glad to have learned it. One day, you might see it in a crossword.” Great piece from Natan Last: newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
Have we talked about Natan Last’s absolutely gorgeous essay on crosswords and immigration (I am very mad at this headline which fully undersells both the genre and the genius of the piece) newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
'As a crossword writer myself, and as the son of an immigrant, I’ve always found world-making through wordplay intuitive, almost fated.'
Wonderful story by Natan Last in this week's The New Yorker about the relationship between American crossword puzzles and immigration.