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Kathryn Petras

Kathryn Petras is a writer based in Seattle. She has written many humor and word books with her brother, Ross Petras, most recently the New York Times bestseller, You’re Saying it Wrong. She is a bad joke aficionado and a committer of truly deplorable puns.

April 20, 2017

Trump’s Elements of Style

by Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras

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by Swati Sudarsan
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