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Alexandra Petri
Alexandra Petri
Awards
Shortlisted — Thurber Prize for American Humor, 2021
Longlisted — Thurber Prize for American Humor, 2024
Books by Alexandra Petri
Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
Hardback, 2023
If you’re going to lie about the past, you might as well make up lies that are fun!
Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
E Book
A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed!
Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)
Paperback, 2024
A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed!
Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Essays
Hardback, 2020
These impossibly cheerful essays on the routine horrors of the present era explain everything from the resurgence of measles to the fiasco of the US presidency.
Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Essays
Paperback, 2021
These impossibly cheerful essays on the routine horrors of the present era explain everything from the resurgence of measles to the fiasco of the US presidency.
Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Essays
E Book, 2020
These impossibly cheerful essays on the routine horrors of the present era explain everything from the resurgence of measles to the fiasco of the US presidency.