Min Jin Lee Reads Wendi Kaufman
Sep 1, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 20 segments
Min Jin Lee joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street,” which was published in *The New Yorker* in…
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Sep 1, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 20 segments
Min Jin Lee joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street,” which was published in *The New Yorker* in…
Min Jin LeeGuestDeborah TreismanHost
Helen McGuire is playing Helen, so Mr. Dodd says, because out of the entire sixth grade, she most embodies Helen of Troy.
When she found out, well, you should have seen her flirting with all the boys, really acting the part.
When I told her the news, all she said was, "Ah, the face that launched a thousand ships." She didn't even look up from her book.
At bedtime, I told my mother, "You should have seen the way Helen acted at school.
It was disgusting, flirting with the boys." Mom tucked the sheets up close around my chin so that only my head was showing, my body covered mummy style.
"Vida," she said, "it sounds like she's perfect for the part." So I can't play Helen, but to make it worse, Mr.
I got really sad and cried out about the thought of the body of my husband, Hector, being dragged around the walls of my city.
Helen McGuire is playing Helen, so Mr. Dodd says, because out of the entire sixth grade, she most embodies Helen of Troy.
When she found out, well, you should have seen her flirting with all the boys, really acting the part.
When I told her the news, all she said was, "Ah, the face that launched a thousand ships." She didn't even look up from her book.
At bedtime, I told my mother, "You should have seen the way Helen acted at school.
It was disgusting, flirting with the boys." Mom tucked the sheets up close around my chin so that only my head was showing, my body covered mummy style.
"Vida," she said, "it sounds like she's perfect for the part." So I can't play Helen, but to make it worse, Mr.
I got really sad and cried out about the thought of the body of my husband, Hector, being dragged around the walls of my city.
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