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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
            "Off the Road" (1990)                      not one of the
            Chapter 20, p 112                          intellectuals of
                                                       the circle, of
                                                       course...

                                                       She's the straight
                                                       girl who refuses to
   As you might expect,                                ride any further
   no details of these                                 with Neal at the wheel,
   discussions are mentioned.                          and gets parked at
                                                       the Burroughs place
   However, I suppose it's good                        in Texas for awhile,
   to have this detail of "On                          gradually figuring out
   the Road" repeated from a                           that things are Not
   second source.                                      Normal there.

      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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