Helen DeWitt is the author of The Last Samurai and Lightning Rods.
ARTICLES FEATURING HELEN

Everything Was a Fake
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Helen DeWitt’s collection “Some Trick,” where we are granted access to 13 more of her mad performances....

Odds and Ends: Fictive Probability in Helen DeWitt’s “Some Trick”
In DeWitt’s new collection “Some Trick,” keen insights give a distinctive glimpse at how moments of creation blossom....

Sex Sells: Helen DeWitt's "Lightning Rods"
IF YOU'RE A TOP producer, and a heterosexual man, the testosterone that gives you your drive may also make you, well, ...

It's Good To Be Pragmatic: An Interview with Helen DeWitt
Forget about writing. There’s a debate, a conflict, a dilemma, that everyone faces....

Hurricane Helen
Whereas DeWitt often talks about fiction as if it were a vehicle for presenting exciting ideas, the tendency of American culture is toward relaxation....

Eureka: Helen DeWitt's "Lightning Rods"
DeWitt specializes in novels that trouble today’s commercial mainstream standards....
