any immigration researchers/journos know where/how border patrol/bovino come up with ICE arrest #'s? a lawyer and advocate friend saw 111 for Louisiana, then someone said 250 in an article, then bovino said 350 ... she's working with folks in new orleans who wants to know where the BS comes from

Just finished @natanlast.bsky.social’s book “Across the Universe” all about crosswords. Highly recommended - an interesting insight for me into the ‘American style’ puzzles and the culture around them. Thanks Natan!

Across the Universe is highbrow and brilliant per the @nymag.com Approval Matrix! perfect gift for yr highbrow brilliant friend www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...

Thanks to the New Yorker fro recommending my book as a holiday gift! www.newyorker.com/culture/on-a... www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...

I'm half-way through reading this now - it's very good!

after doing today’s puzzle in the new yorker, I downloaded mr. last’s audiobook. this will be the, uh, third book about the history crosswords I’ve read this year.

an honor to get to put this full name in the NewYorker crossword today www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...

I've been wanting to read a book about crossword puzzles ever since getting the bug during the pandemic (appropriately). Across The Universe by @natanlast.bsky.social is the one I'd been waiting for. Excellent balance of history, sociology, and craft. With lots of cameos by #gridsky regulars.

nice mention of Across the Universe on Reactor Mag! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796... reactormag.com/what-to-watc...

New book just arrived at Unch Towers! I've been looking forward to this one, @natanlast.bsky.social :)

Across the Universe is the #1 bestseller at McNally Jackson this week! Makes a really good gift for the language lover in your life! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...

I bought this to give a granddaughter who already has too much stuff and too much to do. @natanlast.bsky.social At Bank Square Books

yewwwww @natanlast.bsky.social

Happy to join @natanlast.bsky.social and Wyna Liu for a fun crossword event sponsored by JASA in NYC on 12/7. Come one, come all! Your ticket includes a copy of Natan's new book ACROSS THE UNIVERSE and supports a great cause. jasa.org/events/cross...

A lovely brief excerpt from @natanlast.bsky.social's new book about how crossword puzzles are responsible for "three of the most prominent houses in American letters" lithub.com/how-crosswor...

Just added this to my family’s list of possible* gifts they might want to get** for me *necessary **they must get on pain of exile

be like Ann Patchett and buy my book for the husband figure in your life www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...

I just set down my copy of Across the Universe by @natanlast.bsky.social to do the Sunday Times crossword, only to find it was constructed by Natan Last.

My copy just arrived. Very excited to dig into this after seeing @natanlast.bsky.social read from and talk about the book on Tuesday in NYC.

Indie crossword service AVCX has an exciting offer this holiday season! Subscribe, then claim your free meta mini pack by sending an email to [email protected]. Submit the meta solution to win a free copy of @natanlast.bsky.social's book "Across the Universe." avxwords.com

This essay by @johannawinant.bsky.social is beautiful on what can happen in the classroom, and on the importance of *argument* to literary studies. I especially like how she writes about helping students to "believe in their own significance" www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

Congrats @natanlast.bsky.social!

Happy book release to @natanlast.bsky.social and all crossword fans!!

Usually I work on NYT crosswords to reset my emotional state between answering 988 calls, so they inhabit a pretty clear (but admittedly unexamined) emotional niche in my life. I’m only a few chapters in, but I absolutely love this book and Natan’s approach to thinking about crosswords.

This season's hottest gift just hit the shelves! Check out "Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle" by my brilliant and kind friend @natanlast.bsky.social 🤩 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...

Congratulations to contributor @natanlast.bsky.social on the publication of ACROSS THE UNIVERSE with @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @PantheonBooks.bsky.social

Come to mama. cc: @natanlast.bsky.social

The mini meta contest will be announced in today’s Classic email. Submit the solution to be entered in a drawing to win a copy of @natanlast.bsky.social ‘s new crossword history book, Across the Universe. Instructions for getting the pack below!

Happy publication day, @natanlast.bsky.social, whose fascinating deep dive into the crossword puzzle’s history, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, drops today! I think @mathitak.bsky.social sums the brilliance of this book up quite nicely: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

look what arrived today! excited to read @natanlast.bsky.social 's latest

new interview ! www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

nice review of Across the Universe in the @latimes.com! latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2025-11-24/crossword-history-natan-last "Last’s range and intelligence help sell the importance of the crossword, then and now."

if you like lists like this you'll love my book, out this week!! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...

With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

ATTENTION HOLIDAY SHOPPERS: If you want to give someone an apparently innocuous but actually quietly radical book as a holiday gift, then you should gift them @natanlast.bsky.social’s marvelous book, great even for crossword incompetents like me🔥 #BookSky www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...

Loved this piece by @natanlast.bsky.social about the machinations and the politics behind crossword puzzles (and was belatedly grossed out by the NYT calling "clean coal" a "greener energy source"). www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Everything I've ever read by or about Natan Last reaffirms my faith in humanity! I've had this book on pre-order since I first heard of it 100 years ago (in March.)

thanks to @thenation.com for publishing this excerpt of my book; grateful to be edited by the wonderful @apockros.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/arch...

. @natanlast.bsky.social is going on tour for his new book, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE! Mark your calendars and get ready to talk all things crossword 🧩🧩📖 penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...

🧩 GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🧩 Word nerds, this one’s for you. 📖🗓️ We’re giving away a finished copy of ACROSS THE UNIVERSE by @natanlast.bsky.social and a 2026 mini crossword calendar from the New York Times. To enter head over to Instagram! You have until 12/1. instagram.com/pantheonbooks/

Y'all say say we still need to talk about books despite the horrors. Well, I've talked with authors of FABULOUS books this season! Across the Universe @natanlast.bsky.social Useless Etymology @jesszafarris.bsky.social Why Q Needs U @dannybate.bsky.social (cont.)

PEOPLE OF NEW YORK CITY!!! @natanlast.bsky.social is going to be in conversation with the amazing Doreen St. Félix about his genuinely fun new book about the history and culture of crossword puzzles and you should go and take pictures for me Nov 25 at 7 pm: www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/natan-...

Did you know it can take more than a YEAR before a crossword accepted by the NYT runs? And editors frequently change the clues? This week, @natanlast.bsky.social brings us inside the crossword world. His book "Across the Universe" is filled with fascinating tidbits. APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4o4WUZO

it's my birthday and my book launch sold out so we're moving to a bigger venue and all i want is for you guys to Fill Up This Church. RSVP here! t.co/yjlJ10ZdJi

Boston puzzle/crossword friends! Who am I seeing at @natanlast.bsky.social’s book event at Harvard Book Store on 12/10? www.harvard.com/event/natan-...

ICYMI: Transcript is up for our episode with @natanlast.bsky.social about his book "Across the Universe". It's the history of crosswords. Natan is also a constructor, and he tests my mettle! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/transc...

Natan has a wonderful book on crosswords coming out in November! As someone featured in the book I got to sneak a peek at it and it's definitely worth a preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...

nyc! my book launch is nov 25 with the inimitable doreen st. felix. rsvp here! www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/natan-...

Hey, I know someone who published a poem in the @newyorker.com. I almost regret to inform you that it is good. [insert boilerplate “Fuck the Yankees” language here]

“serifs like clearing throats” — goddamn. (Go Mariners, though.)