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“Burroughs pulled out his handgun and (supposedly) said to his wife, Joan Vollmer , “It’s time for our William Tell act.” Vollmer (supposedly) laughed and placed a drinking glass on top of her head.”
“Burroughs, known to be an expert shot, fired his gun, but missed the glass and instead shot Vollmer in the head, killing her.”
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“Before her death, Vollmer had been an influential member of the Beat Generation; the apartment she shared with Edie Parker was a favored gathering place for Burroughs and his friends, including Jack Kerouac (who Edie would later marry), Allen Ginsberg, and Lucien Carr.”
“Later, in his introduction to Queer , Burroughs wrote: “I am forced to the appalling conclusion that I would never have become a writer but for Joan’s death, and to a realization of the extent to which this event has motivated and formulated my writing.” He added, “I live with the constant threat of possession, and a constant need to escape from possession, from Control.”
““Brilliant and well versed in philosophy and literature, Joan was the whetstone against which the main Beat writers—Allen, Jack, and Bill—sharpened their intellect,” wrote Brenda Knight in The Women of the Beat Generation .”
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