Short Fiction · Character
Henry Mencken
Critic referenced in The Torrents of Spring.
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Also known as that critic fellow Henry Mencken, Mencken
First appearance: the torrents of spring
Henry Mencken shows up with force in III. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as the critic who called Chicago the Literary Capital of America.
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- Boxing and Bullfighting
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