Jack Gilden

Jack Gilden’s editorials, columns and articles have appeared in Orioles Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, the Evening Sun, Chesapeake Life, Style magazine and the Baltimore Jewish Times.  He has written about the anti-Semitism of H.L. Mencken, the literary life of Bernard Malamud, the lost legend of “Swish” Nicholson, Joe Louis as civil rights hero, and the profane genius of Earl Weaver. He wrote the Orioles 40th Anniversary Video, narrated by the legendary Jim McKay.  In addition to his journalism work, Gilden is a business consultant and teaches writing at the Community College of Baltimore County. Read more about his highly acclaimed books Collision of Wills (2018) and The Fast Ride (reviewed in the Wall Street Journal April 2022.)