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In 1924, the great Baltimorean man of letters, H. L. Mencken, co-founded The American Mercury, a monthly publication which soon swept the nation.

If he hadn’t already been, Mencken quickly became a national phenomenon.

Mencken said of the Mercury that it was

As for us, we aim to be a serious publication aimed at serious people.

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