Outsourcery: biography by any other's name  kevin mcpherson
eckhoff's "Jumble" from his Their Biography  Jumble (from Their
Biography) Jumble (from Their Biography)       The crossword
form is a striking visual-verbal icon. A very particular image
which invites the participation of the reader. Or perhaps,
the imagined participation of the reader (who thus becomes a
kind of directed writer.) And it challenges readers to search
their own knowledge (collection) of words and their meanings by
being prompted with the definitions or synonyms of these words.
The ‘jumble’ aspect to this is that all these words elicited
through their synonyms or meanings, yield the hidden word, the
word to be filled in in the circles at the top of the page. In
this case—spoiler alert—your name. Which, I note is also a
construction. It was made by your family. And then, I believe,
modified/added to by you. This kind of jumble-crossword is often
associated with school and childhood, especially when all of the
clues point to aspects of a