writer, former literary publicist, occaisional crossword constructor, and current Sinclar Lewis fellow at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. David Bukszpan is a
He is the author, most recently, of Crosswordese: A Guide to the Weird and Wonderful Language of Crossword Puzzles, about which Will Shortz said, "Crosswordese in all its glory has never been so entertaining. More info about "Crosswordese" and David's crosswords at crosswordese.info.
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David is also the author of Is That a Word?: From AA to ZZZ, The Weird and Wonderful Language of Scrabble, which Will Shortz called "a fresh, amusing, 21st-century guide to everything Scrabble." More info about "Is That a Word" at isthataword.info.
With the photogragher Michael Kravetsky, he co-created the liteary jersey t-shirt company Novel-T. During Covid times, he teamed up with the author Cédric Duroux. to launch the the international arts and ideas "blind date" video project, Hyphenings.
The New Yorker once called him an "echt Brooklynite."
Follow him via @words_wtf, where he's been called worse.