10:30a.m.: Mencken Society Annual Meeting 2:00p.m. The 2016 Mencken Memorial Lecture "Joint Transmission: The Friendship of H.L. Mencken and Blanche Knopf" presented by Laura Claridge, author of, THE LADY WITH THE BORZOI: BLANCHE KNOPF, LITERARY TASTEMAKER EXTRAORDINAIRE. Book sales and signing immediately following the program.