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Deborah Ostrovsky

Deborah Ostrovsky's work has appeared in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Tablet, Geist, Maisonneuve, and in the recent anthology Letters from Montreal: Tales of an Exceptional City (Véhicule Press).

Comedy Writing

Stuff Google Knows About You or Stuff You Know About Yourself?

What happened to your MySpace account. What your mother-in-law tells her book club about you. Why you argued with your parents last week.

by Melissa Gismondi and Deborah Ostrovsky
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March 23, 2021

Famous LinkedIn Pages of History

With a quick hand and keen eye, Betsy Ross can help you with all your sewing needs. She specializes in the flags of fledgling nations at war.

by Melissa Gismondi and Deborah Ostrovsky
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November 8, 2020

Our School District’s New Emergency Preparedness Guidelines Are Based on the Book of Revelation

by Deborah Ostrovsky | January 26, 2022 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency

The Final Days of Graduate School or the Final Days of Trump’s Presidency?

by Deborah Ostrovsky and Melissa J. Gismondi | January 12, 2021 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency

Self-Isolation or Graduate School?

by Deborah Ostrovsky and Melissa J. Gismondi | March 30, 2020 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency

Task List Of Emotional And Physical Labor Performed During Meeting With Your Academic Supervisor To Discuss Dissertation That You Desperately Need To Finish But Can’t Because Your Supervisor Believes That Students Represent A Pool Of Potential Dates

by Deborah Ostrovsky | January 31, 2018 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency

A Break-up Letter Written As An Abstract By An Organizational Psychologist

by Deborah Ostrovsky | November 30, 2016 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency

A Patient’s Guide To Whitelash

by Deborah Ostrovsky | November 16, 2016 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency