The New York Times

English-Language Books Are Filling Europe’s Bookstores. Mon Dieu!

Young people, especially, are choosing to read in English even if it is not their first language because they want the covers, and the titles, to match what they see on TikTok and other social media.
The New York Times

Winning the Cold War With le Carré and Cosmopolitan Magazine

In “The CIA Book Club,” Charlie English tells the story of America’s war of ideas in the Eastern Bloc. Credit...Maxime Mouysset Supported by By Joseph Finder Joseph Finder, who writes frequently about ...
Los Angeles Times

‘CIA Book Club’ illuminates Cold War skullduggery and reminds how revolutionary reading can be

Charlie English begins “The CIA Book Club” by describing a 1970s technical manual: a dull cover, as uninviting as anything. A book that practically begs you to put it back on the shelf and move on.
The New Yorker

The Hedonic Appeal of “Dreyer’s English”

Books about language usage, including “Eats, Shoots & Leaves,” by Lynne Truss, and “Woe Is I,” by Patricia T. O’Conner, constitute a metaliterature, in which the writing must prove the writer’s ...