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Alexandra Petri

Alexandra Petri writes a humor column for the Washington Post, and also plays and books and other things. Her new book AP’s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up) comes out April 2023.

September 23, 2022

Famous Chess Matches, If Some of the Players Were Cheating Using Vibrating Anal Beads, a Thing That Is Allegedly Happening in the Chess World and Is Not Something Random That I Made Up

by Alexandra Petri
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Finally, A Razor For Men

by Alexandra Petri and Jessica M. Goldstein
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Fashion Tips for Visiting a Detention Center Filled With Children Who Were Ripped From Their Parents’ Arms

by Jessica M. Goldstein and Alexandra Petri

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