Author Bio & Stories

Ben Tausig

Ben Tausig is a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at NYU, specializing in the sound/music of protest in Thailand, and also a crossword author and editor. Like most ethnomusicologist-cruciverbalists, he goes to Indians spring training every year he can, and sometimes records it.

  • April 30, 2013
    Classical Crossword: Outcast — The Clog

    The latest in an occasional series of crossword puzzles from the very awesome Ben Tausig. Contains current (sports) events, wordplay, and a clue involving Yanni. You should do it.

  • March 20, 2013
    Classical Crossword: Clubhouse Division — The Clog

    Ben Tausig is back with Chicken Soup for the Cruciverbalist's Soul: Spring Training edition

  • December 11, 2012
    Winter Meetings: A Crossword Puzzle — The Clog

    The second in a series of crosswords from Ben Tausig, this one focusing on baseball's Winter Meetings and its attendant loud noises, and the distinctive troll-mastery of Kansas City GM Dayton Moore.

  • May 24, 2012
    Turning Two: A Crossword Puzzle — The Clog

    "What is the deal with crossword puzzles not having enough baseball spoonerisms in them these days?" Yeah, we heard you.

  • January 24, 2012
    (Not) Being Fausto

    For a dozen years, including six wildly up-and-down seasons with the Cleveland Indians, a man who was not named Fausto Carmona pitched under the name Fausto Carmona. The material reasons why he did this are clear enough. The rest is complicated.