Alexandra Petri makes me fall off my sofa laughing at things that would ordinarily send me into a suicidal depression. The miracle satirist for an unsatirizable era.--Emily Nussbaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic [Petri is] a fresh and prolific voice, someone who [is] able to make the painful reality of our current sociopolitical dumpster fire not just very, very funny, but stingingly poignant.--Julie Klam, Washington Post We all have that one friend who has the rare ability to make us laugh.even under the direst of circumstances. A friend whose dry wit, touching on everything from electoral politics to women's equality, is more than just banter: It also punctuates intellectual points and helps frame opinions. That's what it feels like to read Alexandra Petri's new book.--Tiffany D.

Cross, New York Times Book Review Petri's gift is putting just enough breathing room between us and reality that we're able to let that laugh out.--Joanna Scutts, Trix [F]antastical, sharp.combines the rhetorical flourishes of Daniel M. Lavery with the best instincts of Gawker-esque internet snark. It's a delightful book.--Emma Sarappo, Washington City Paper [B]rilliant and wry.Petri hilariously roasts the last five years in American culture. A stress-reducing belly laugh, and assurance that creative writing's role in interpreting culture hasn't been lost in these uncertain times.

--Booklist (starred review) [A] superb and stinging collection of new and previously published pieces. Acidic and spot-on, Petri's work captures the surreal quality of Trump's tenure as perhaps no other book has.--Publishers Weekly (starred review).