Eli Burnstein – Weekly Humorist

About Eli Burnstein

Eli is a London-based humor writer with pieces up at The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Slackjaw, Points in Case, and right here at Weekly Humorist. Book DICTIONARY OF FINE DISTINCTIONS now available for preorder.

Entries by Eli Burnstein

How to Write Brfly

January 9, 2024/in Best of 2024, Originals/by Eli Burnstein

People think writing brfly is hard, but it’s really quite simpl. You just have to take a few lettrs out here and thr—sometimes even entire altogether.

The Many Nicknames of William Shakespeare

September 28, 2022/in Best of 2022, Originals/by Eli Burnstein

Willy Slickspeare, The Merchant of Menace, King Fear, The Dean of PG-13, and more!