David Bukszpan is a writer and former literary, arts, and events publicist. (More on his writing and his publicity firm, BuxusPR,)

 

His new book, Crosswordese: A Guide to the Weird and Wonderful Language of Crossword Puzzles comes out on November 14, 2023. (More at crosswordese.info.)

 

His previous book, Is That a Word?: From AA to ZZZ, The Weird and Wonderful Language of Scrabble, was described by Will Shortz as "a fresh, amusing, 21st-century guide to everything Scrabble." (More 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.