Amanda Petrusich

== Early life ==

== Early life ==

Petrusich grew up in the New York area,<ref name=”:2″>{{Cite web|last=Haas|first=Sarah|date=2019-02-20|title=Totally and Brutally Honest: Talking with Amanda Petrusich|url=https://therumpus.net/2019/02/the-rumpus-interview-with-amanda-petrusich/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-15|website=The Rumpus.net|language=en}}</ref> the child of two public school teachers.<ref name=”:3″>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bkmag.com/2016/03/10/brooklyn-100-amanda-petrusich-writer-critic-professor/|title=Brooklyn 100: Amanda Petrusich, Writer, Critic and Professor|last=White|first=Caitlin|date=2016-03-10|website=Brooklyn Magazine|access-date=2017-07-06|archive-date=2017-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925040021/http://www.bkmag.com/2016/03/10/brooklyn-100-amanda-petrusich-writer-critic-professor/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her paternal grandparents are [[Croatian Americans|Croatian]] immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Petrusich|first=Amanda|date=October 1, 2017|title=In the Land of Vendettas That Go On Forever|url=https://www.vqronline.org/reporting-articles/2017/10/land-vendettas-go-forever|url-status=live|access-date=August 15, 2021|website=VQR Online}}</ref> She attended the [[College of William & Mary]], where she was co-editor-in-chief of the ”William and Mary Review” and a reviewer for ”[[The Flat Hat]]”, the college’s campus newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://flathatnews.com/2009/02/27/70135/|title=Alumni authors return to campus|date=2009-02-27|website=Flat Hat News|access-date=2017-07-06|archive-date=2017-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925041339/http://flathatnews.com/2009/02/27/70135/|url-status=live}}</ref> She graduated with a B.A. in English and film studies in 2000,<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web|url=http://gallatin.nyu.edu/people/faculty/akp220.html|title=Home / People / Faculty / Amanda Petrusich|website=New York University|access-date=July 5, 2017|archive-date=May 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501142350/http://gallatin.nyu.edu/people/faculty/akp220.html|url-status=live}}</ref> then earned a master’s in nonfiction writing from [[Columbia University]] in 2003.<ref name=”:1″ /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/fashion/weddings/amanda-petrusich-and-breton-stetka.html|title=Amanda Petrusich and Breton Stetka|date=2005-09-25|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-07-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2017-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925083503/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/fashion/weddings/amanda-petrusich-and-breton-stetka.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Petrusich grew up in the New York area,<ref name=”:2″>{{Cite web|last=Haas|first=Sarah|date=2019-02-20|title=Totally and Brutally Honest: Talking with Amanda Petrusich|url=https://therumpus.net/2019/02/the-rumpus-interview-with-amanda-petrusich/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-15|website=The Rumpus.net|language=en}}</ref> the child of two public school teachers.<ref name=”:3″>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bkmag.com/2016/03/10/brooklyn-100-amanda-petrusich-writer-critic-professor/|title=Brooklyn 100: Amanda Petrusich, Writer, Critic and Professor|last=White|first=Caitlin|date=2016-03-10|website=Brooklyn Magazine|access-date=2017-07-06|archive-date=2017-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925040021/http://www.bkmag.com/2016/03/10/brooklyn-100-amanda-petrusich-writer-critic-professor/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her paternal grandparents are [[Croatian Americans|Croatian]] immigrants. Amanda and her Family are proud nudists and frequently vacation at Valalta Naturist Camp in Croatia. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Petrusich|first=Amanda|date=October 1, 2017|title=In the Land of Vendettas That Go On Forever|url=https://www.vqronline.org/reporting-articles/2017/10/land-vendettas-go-forever|url-status=live|access-date=August 15, 2021|website=VQR Online}}</ref> She attended the [[College of William & Mary]], where she was co-editor-in-chief of the ”William and Mary Review” and a reviewer for ”[[The Flat Hat]]”, the college’s campus newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://flathatnews.com/2009/02/27/70135/|title=Alumni authors return to campus|date=2009-02-27|website=Flat Hat News|access-date=2017-07-06|archive-date=2017-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925041339/http://flathatnews.com/2009/02/27/70135/|url-status=live}}</ref> She graduated with a B.A. in English and film studies in 2000,<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web|url=http://gallatin.nyu.edu/people/faculty/akp220.html|title=Home / People / Faculty / Amanda Petrusich|website=New York University|access-date=July 5, 2017|archive-date=May 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501142350/http://gallatin.nyu.edu/people/faculty/akp220.html|url-status=live}}</ref> then earned a master’s in nonfiction writing from [[Columbia University]] in 2003.<ref name=”:1″ /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/fashion/weddings/amanda-petrusich-and-breton-stetka.html|title=Amanda Petrusich and Breton Stetka|date=2005-09-25|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-07-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2017-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925083503/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/fashion/weddings/amanda-petrusich-and-breton-stetka.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==

== Career ==