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"Had us is
stitches!"
“Every convention needs that one crowd-pleasing speaker who'll get everybody laughing and feeling happy to be human. That’s Chris. He had all 250 of us laughing — and there were people in that room who, I swear, had never laughed in their entire lives.”
— Karl Repon, PA Librarians Association
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About Chris
The author of 11 delightful books, Rodell’s talks sparkle with uproarious humor, indelible characters, and poignant appreciation for what it means to be a thoughtful Earthling in the 2020s.
Chris is one of America's most colorful thinkers.
Chris wonders: “A single apple seed weighs 700 mg but sinks in water. A battleship weighs 45k tons, but does not. What would happen to battleship full of apple seeds?”
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