This little book, if read, could revive H.L. Mencken’s reputation. It has suffered a lot in recent years. The writer inappropriately nicknamed “the sage of Baltimore” -- avuncular he never was -- ...
As they do about this time every year, the faithful came together on Saturday to celebrate the H. L. Mencken Day at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. I attended because I was curious to see how many were ...
IN THE summer of 1948, H. L. Mencken was within two years of his Biblical allotment. As a lifelong hypochondriac he was more aware of its coming, as a kind of I) Day, than most men of sixty-eight; and ...
You’d be challenged to find two literary figures more different than H.L. Mencken and Charles Bukowski. Mencken was a journalist, editor, author, and philologist based in Baltimore in the first part ...
Today’s New York Times reports that H.L. Mencken was “among the most prolific” American writers and social critics. “In a career of almost 50 years, Mencken wrote more than 70 million words—many ...
Seventy years ago, one of the most influential American journalists and critics was silenced forever. H.L. Mencken suffered a massive stroke in 1948 that left him unable to write, the thing he did ...
The house at 1524 Hollins St. belonged to iconic Baltimore writer H.L. Mencken. It’s been deteriorating for years, opened only on special occasions, a source of frustration to West Baltimore residents ...
Vincent de Paul Fitzpatrick III, a Loyola Blakefield English teacher who pursued a second career as a scholar of the newspaper critic and skeptic H.L. Mencken, died of a heart attack Saturday. The ...
Since the Right is roiling with faction, I thought I'd point you to a new weblog, Secular Right. No need to explain what it's about, the title says it all. John Derbyshire recounts an interesting ...
BALTIMOREBALTIMORE — The Baltimore home where renowned journalist H.L. Mencken lived for decades before his death is getting a $1.5 million facelift. The Sun reports that contractors expect to ...
Beiträge zur Geschichte der Familie Mencke, I, 1 (October 1889): 11, 13; 14-15; I, 2 (April 1890): 12, 25, 25-27; I, 3 (October 1890): 36-37, 37, 38-43, 45-48; I, 4 ...
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