Helen DeWitt (@helendewitt) / X

Helen DeWitt

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Helen DeWitt

@helendewitt

Novelist (The Last Samurai et al.). Interested in languages, statistics, dataviz. NOT HdW the film curator, who is no longer on X.

Berlin (DE); Vermont (US)

Joined March 2009

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Helen DeWitt
@helendewitt
Nov 19, 2024
In 2023 I read @LKonstan’s The Last Samurai Reread. No comment re critique, but was shocked by inaccuracies & misrepresentations of publication history, tried to get fixed. @ColumbiaUP won’t make even minor corrections. For those who care about bg: not a reliable source.
Helen DeWitt
@helendewitt
Jul 19
Fabelhaft!
John H. Boyer
@johnhboyer
Jul 19
there’s an Odyssey movie. Love it or hate it, the poem is still better. I built a free reader for it — Greek with facing English, tap any word for the grammar, every place mapped, the route animated, Flaxman’s engravings. Share and enjoy. johnhboyer-sys.github.io/homer-reader/
Helen DeWitt
@helendewitt
Jul 19
Well? Is there?
MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦
@DrMichaelBonner
Jul 19
Isn't there an old Persian-war related film in which the Athenians have clipped, home-county voices, the Spartans have American drawls, and the Persians sound Russian?
Helen DeWitt
@helendewitt
Jul 17
About to be offline, so RTing w gay abandon
Allie ✞
@allie__voss
Jul 17
Soooo much of our understanding of the bible is lost as we in developed societies lose touch with sheep Without exposure to sheep, you cannot fully comprehend what Jesus is saying about loving something so stupid
Helen DeWitt
@helendewitt
Jul 17
Will be spending a couple of months in Vermont in a cottage w no internet connection, but may do an event at the Wild Book Company wildbookcompany.com/enter/ - I think Molly Hill had some books she wanted me to sign
enter - Wild Book Company
From wildbookcompany.com