It turns out that the formidable and acidly cruel in his writings H. L. Mencken was an incredibly kind, generous, patient, gentle and loyal person in RL. And a phenomenal friend. 

There truly is an enormous distance between a writer and a text. 

3 responses to “Writer and Text”

  1. Z Avatar

    Gosh, I don’t even see his writing as acidly cruel, just pointed.

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  2. cliff arroyo Avatar

    Many years ago I had a teacher who loved Mencken and tried to make us love him… and it didn’t work, boy did it not work.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Mencken hasn’t aged well at all. His impact was very in the moment.

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