About Ben Karlin
Why You Should Bring Sunglasses to Your Wedding
From: Ben Karlin To: Elizabeth Wurtzel Well, this is it, I guess. What started as a series of un-furtive, semi-intellectual, vaguely thematic exchanges between relative strangers has totally….well, stayed that way. Yet it has been anything but a zero sum … Read More
We’d All Rather Be Liked Than Known
From: Ben Karlin To: Elizabeth Wurtzel The words in your last e-mail all make sense. And they all seem true and heartfelt. But to me, everything boils down to simple want. Every word human beings speak is laden with desire. … Read More
Can You Stay Friends With An Ex?
From: Ben Karlin To: Elizabeth Wurtzel Read the following in a cranky old man voice: What the hell kind of world are we living in? I’m sorry, but it’s a fucking bag. There is little in this world that makes … Read More
Don’t Hate Me For Living in Brooklyn
From: Ben Karlin To: Elizabeth Wurtzel I’m not sure you are going to get your handbag this way. Go for it! Just put it out there that you want one. Why beat around the bush? Everything I want is vague … Read More
Are Emotional Affairs the New Infidelity?
Not long ago, Ben Karlin quit his job as producer of The Colbert Report to edit a book of confessional essays about breaking up, Things I’ve Learned from Women Who’ve Dumped Me. Karlin began his career at The Onion and … Read More
Stay Away From That Place That Buys Human Hair
Graduating from college sucks. It’s just awful. If you’ve failed to line up a job during your senior year, then commencement marks your transition from scholar to slacker. If you have managed to get your inexperienced ass employed, then it … Read More