Until, as a sophomore in one of Professor John Irwin's classes, I learned that despite The Smart Set's star power, editor H.L. Mencken had to siphon profits from mass-market monthlies like Black Mask ...

In the early 20th century, the Jazz Age was ushered in by a sassy, irreverent magazine called The Smart Set. Edited by the great H.L. Mencken, The Smart Set transformed American literature by ...

In its 30 years of monthly publication, Smart Set has successively appeared as: 1) A magazine of dainty love tales, elaborate stories of the Gibson Girl era. 2) A collection of perfumed pornography. 3 ...

Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who is the fairest of all? The chic flapper on the cover of the August 1926 issue of Smart Set magazine knows the answer: She is. With her Cupid’s bow lips and dark, wavy ...