There's a little novella by Helen DeWitt. It's called "The English Understand Wool." It's a psychological thriller that also works as a satirical critique of the publishing industry. The book came out ...
Look: Co-writing a novel was just supposed to be fun. But when they talk about “Your Name Here,” Helen DeWitt and her collaborator, Ilya Gridneff, don’t make it sound that way. Instead they use words ...
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) has announced the creation of a new play development initiative focused on transforming existing non-theatrical works—novels, poetry, film, and more—into ...
Helen DeWitt has been awarded £129k ($175k) by the Mercatus Center’s new Emergent Ventures Programme after turning down the Windham-Campbell Prize. DeWitt is the first winner of the grant from ...
A famous quote about insanity, usually attributed to Albert Einstein — that it can be defined as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” — actually dates to 1980, ...
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Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. The 2022 novella The English Understand Wool ...