Thank you, Barbara.  You are so kind sharing your vast knowledge of Mark
Twain.
I was ashamed of myself for not doing any reearch on Ina before my
question.  I
was fascinated by many of the facts by her (mostly being Poet Laureat of
California)
but not one word of any intimate connection between her and Twain.  So I
appreciate your references.  It would be interesting to know the source of
that
idea!

THANKS,, grateful, Arianne Laidlaw

On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 7:33 PM Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> A number of recent biographers have speculated that Coolbrith and Mark
> Twain had a brief fling during his early days in California.  Among the
> most recent articles on their relationship is one in the _Mark Twain
> Journal_, Spring/Fall 2017, "The Mormon Entombed in Mark Twain's Heart: Ina
> Coolbrith and Samuel Clemens" by Nicole Amare and Alan Manning, pp.
> 159-192.
>
> Barb
>


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Arianne Laidlaw A '58