Ordinary Stupid People: Joan Vollmer’s Life Before the Beats Began, researched and written by Cathy Marshall and Simon Johnson, was published in October 2024 by Moloko Print, Schönebeck (Elba), Germany. The catalogue entry can be located on the Moloko+ website.
This is the first monograph to explore Joan Vollmer’s development as a young adult in New York City, drawing context from the two early marriages which preceded her involvement with what would come to be known as the Beat Generation.
The book is a first extract from a wider biographical work on Joan Vollmer Burroughs which has received support and encouragement from members of the Vollmer family, as well as from James Grauerholz, literary executor of the estate of William S. Burroughs.
Read an interview with Cathy Marshall and Simon Johnson, conducted by Oliver Harris, by clicking on this link: https://ebsn.eu/scholarship/voices/ordinary-stupid-people/
