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July 29, 2007
Some remarks about Joan Vollmer
by Helen Hinkle as relayed LOOKING_FOR_JOAN_VOLLMER
through Carolyn Cassady:
" 'Joan and Bill had great rollicking fun
discussions... they had brilliant minds
and talked about all sorts of subjects,
though never anything personal. "
Carolyn Cassady, Helen Hinkle is not one
"Off the Road" (1990) of the intellectuals of
Chapter 20, p 112 the circle, of course...
She's the straight girl who
refuses to ride any further
As you might expect, with Neal at the wheel, and
no details of these gets parked at the Burroughs
discussions are mentioned. place in Texas for awhile,
gradually figuring out that
However, I suppose it's good things are Not Normal there.
to have this detail of "On
the Road" repeated from a
second source.
ON_JANE
I find myself speculating
on this naive act... is it
a little *too* perfect?
Could it be that Helen is
someone who likes to play
the innocent, perhaps as a
kind of defense mechanism?
But then, there's no
reason to assume so.
Luanne Henderson apparently regarded
Helen as a straight-to-be-freaked...
right after meeting her, Luanne asked
if she could watch Helen have sex
with her husband.
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