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Petri, Alexandra.
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Petri, Alexandra.
Conformity.
Deviant behavior.
Satire, American.
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Humorists, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Petri, Alexandra.
Petri, Alexandra.
Conformity.
Deviant behavior.
Satire, American.
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Humorists, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
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A field guide to awkward silences /
Alexandra
Petri
.
by
Petri
,
Alexandra
.
New American Library, 2015.
Call #:
070.92 P495f
Subjects
Petri
,
Alexandra
.
Conformity.
Deviant behavior.
Satire, American.
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Humorists, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780451469601 (hc.)
0451469607 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Awkward silences
Description:
viii, 309 pages ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"
Alexandra
Petri
, Washinton Post journalist and blogger (WashingtonPost.com/blogs/compost) turns her satirical eye on her own life. Most twentysomethings spend a lot of time avoiding awkwardness. Not
Alexandra
Petri
. Afraid of rejection?
Alexandra
Petri
has auditioned for America's Next Top Model. Afraid of looking like an idiot?
Alexandra
Petri
lost Jeopardy! by answering "Who is that dude?" on national TV. Afraid of bad jokes?
Alexandra
Petri
won an international pun championship.
Petri
has been a debutante, reenacted the Civil War, and fended off suitors at a Star Wars convention while wearing a Jabba the Hutt suit. One time, she let some cult members she met on the street baptize her, just to be polite. She's a connoisseur of the kind of awkwardness that most people spend whole lifetimes trying to avoid.
Petri
has learned that there are worse things out there than awkwardness and that interesting things start to happen when you stop caring what people think"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
American wit and humor.
Memoirs.
Essays.
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