The Smart Set Conversations
Mencken, H. L. / Nathan, George Jean / Hatteras, Owen On the eve of the First World War, two iconoclastic young journalists, H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, were offered the co-editorship of The Smart Set, a New-York based magazine with literary ambitions. During their nine years as co-editors, from 1914 until 1923, Mencken and Nathan transformed The Smart Set into a must-read of the early jazz era, established themselves as two of America's foremost critics, and became bona-fide celebritie...