I did not find that article very convincing. I thought the evidence was quite thin: that Ina Coolbrith broke Twain’s heart, and that he subsequently embedded secret Mormon signs in his work in tribute to her. Seemed mighty thin—and tenuous—to me. John Bird Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Barbara Schmidt<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 10:29 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Ina Coolbrith 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