NEAL KARLEN | Author, reporter, tv & radio guy

Welcome

Neal Karlen writes regularly for The New York Times and is a member of the adjunct faculty of the University of Minnesota journalism school. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Elle, The Forward, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and Olam, among other publications. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. MORE

Books

Prince Talks! A Life Off the Record
Neal's memoir of his 31-year friendship of Prince, will be published by St. Martin’s…
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Augie’s Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip
There's an old Yiddish saying: two people can keep a secret if one…
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The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews
Yiddish—an oft-considered "gutter" language—is an unlikely survivor of the ages, much like the…
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Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew
Neal Karlen describes the rejection and subsequent embrace of the Jewish faith, remembering…
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Articles

PRINCE TALKS: THE SILENCE IS BROKEN

Prince Talks 1990

PRINCE TALKS

PRINCE'S WOMEN

LETTERS FROM PRINCE

LETTERS FROM PRINCE