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Joan Vollmer was a Beat Generation figure who became the common-law wife of William S. Burroughs. She died in 1951 after Burroughs accidentally shot her in Mexico City while playing a game of William Tell.
Jan 21, 2021 · Joan Vollmer was a patron and lover of the Beat writers, who hosted them in her New York apartment and influenced their art. She died in 1951 when her husband William S. Burroughs accidentally shot her in the head during a drunken game in Mexico City.
Pig-farmer Ralph Vollmer had first noticed his wife Joan was behaving strangely a few weeks before he decided to stage the violent four-day exorcism that led to her death. Joan had taken to lurching and dancing around outside, arms flailing about her head, swearing loudly at nobody in particular.
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Apr 25, 2022 · A personal essay by Katie Bennett on her research and recovery of Joan Vollmer, the wife of William Burroughs and a co-creator of the Beat Generation. She explores Joan's life, death, and legacy, and how it relates to her own experience of assault and isolation.
- Katie Bennett
Sep 8, 2009 · Learn about Joan Vollmer, the Beat poet William Burroughs' wife and muse, who died in a tragic accident in 1951. Read essays by James Grauerholz and Jed Birmingham on her role in the Beat movement and Burroughs' life.
Joan Vollmer (February 4, 1923 – September 6, 1951) [2] was an influential participant in the early Beat Generation circle. While a student at Barnard College, she became the roommate of Edie Parker (later married to Jack Kerouac ).
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Dec 14, 2017 · Beat Generation’s intoxicated writer, William Burroughs and his intriguing wife, Joan Vollmer, found themselves too drunk when Burroughs decided to call her to participate in a dangerous game ...
