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.

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