every time i click on the new twitter app icon i feel like i’m entering a male fragrance club

What happens to the soul of a nation when it normalizes mass shootings? Coming from W. W. Norton & Company 1/24...

“Anyone who has the misfortune to write in English” has struggled with its spelling, quips Gabe Henry in this amusing overview of historical attempts to bring order to the madness. It’s a delight. Dey Street Books buff.ly/434JRAs

Did you know shorthand spelling helped foster female empowerment? Read more from Gabe Henry, author of ENOUGH IS ENUF, in HISTORY: history.com/articles/supri…

How did English spelling get so tricky? Gabe Henry's ENOUGH IS ENUF unravels 500 years of reform attempts with humor and insight. Out 4/15: harpercollins.com/products/enoug…

.Gabe Henry asks why we haven’t standardized English spelling, phoneticized it, and brought it into line: time.com/7277659/englis…

I rivyood a kupl uv fun buks abowt thee Inglish langwij nytimes.com/2025/04/15/boo…

Thanks to Gabe Henry for talking with me about Enough is Enuf for New Books in Pop Culture. I loved the book and interview and still can't spell. New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) newbooksnetwork.com/enough-is-enuf

Happy pub day to ENOUGH IS ENUF by Gabe Henry! A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter. tinyurl.com/7n22kfsk

Read an excerpt from ENOUGH IS ENUF by Gabe Henry in TIME: time.com/7277659/englis…

ENOUGH IS ENUF by Gabe Henry is a “smart, lighthearted chronicle of the simplified spelling. It’s fitting that our guide through this history is a humorist.” –Wall Street Journal (The Wall Street Journal) Read more: wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

ENOUGH IS ENUF by Gabe Henry is “…a rich and engaging history of the attempts, from the 16th century to the present day, to bring written English into line with the way we speak.” –New York Times (The New York Times) Read more: nytimes.com/2025/04/15/boo…

.Gabe Henry considers the creative intentions and class-based undertones behind phonetic writing in early American comedy. lithub.com/a-source-of-am…

How would you fix English spelling? Put your suggestions in comments, and let's hope we don't break everything. Our upcoming episode is with Gabe Henry, author of "Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell" from Dey Street Books

What do Benjamin Franklin, Noah Webster, Theodore Roosevelt, and Andrew Carnegie have in common? They all tried, and failed, to simplify English spelling. I dive into this weird history with Gabe Henry, author of "Enough is Enuf," in my latest article.

📣 New Podcast! "Be You Spell Your Words The Way You Hear Them Gabe Henry's Enough Is Enuf" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/be-you…

Honored to be mentioned in the same breath as John McWhorter. Particularly if that breath comes from the incredible Steven Pinker.

If you pick up a The New York Times today, have a look at the books section. I’ve got a fun piece in it about spelling reforms.

In this interview, author Gabe Henry discusses the 15-year process of his new history book, Enough is Enuf. #WDAuthorSpotlight writersdigest.com/gabe-henry-i-t…

On the show today; Riona O'Connor on bikini reviews; Tom Kopke on chasing cheese; Kirsty Blake Knox on panic packing; Gabe Henry on weird spelling; Dean McGuinness with beer; Fionnuala Jones with Showbiz News; Dee Molumby reviews 'The Salt Path' & 'Bono: Stories of Surrender'