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 > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58