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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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