Mencken Day, September 15, 2018, is once again celebrated at France Hall, Maryland Historical Society, 201 West Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
The Day’s Events
10:30 AM/France Hall: Annual Meeting of the Mencken Society
Speaker: Dr Stacy Spaulding, Assistant Professor, Towson University:
“The Intellectual Eater: H. L. Mencken’s Regional Food Editorials”
2:00 PM/France Hall: — The 2018 Mencken Memorial Lecture
Speaker: Dana Milbank of the Washington Post
Dana Milbank is a nationally syndicated op-ed columnist. Before joining the staff of the Washington Post in 2005, he served as a senior editor at the New Republic and a reporter with the Wall Street Journal.
Mr Milbank is the author of three books, including the national bestseller Homo Politicus.
The Ivy Bookshop will have copies of Dana Milbank’s books for sale at a book signing immediately following the program.
At the Pratt Library
The Mencken Room, located in the Carla D. Hayden Wing of the Central Library, 400 Cathedral St, will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Exhibits
- “The Telegraph Tapes: Mencken Transmits from Tennessee”
- “Mencken and Dreiser: Two beasts in the Parlor”
- “In Defense of Women: A Centennial Celebration”