Hazel Hawthorne — Salt House with Allison Bass-Riccio and Livia Tenzer
“Queen of the Dunes” Hazel Hawthorne was a Cape Cod legend who wrote about The Road nearly two decades before her one-time tenant, Jack Kerouac. A uniquely feminine precursor to Beat literature, her novel Salt House captures Bohemian life amid the sand dunes of Provincetown. Though largely dismissed upon its 1934 publication, the book has been re-plucked from obscurity thanks to a new reissue by Provincetown Arts Press. Guests Allison Bass-Riccio and Livia Tenzer join us to discuss the almost transcendental effect Hawthorne’s life and writing has on those who continue to discover her.
Mentioned in this episode:
Salt House by Hazel Hawthorne
Tour the Dunes of Provincetown
Peaked Hill Trust Writing Residency
Three Women by Hazel Hawthorne
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Finding Hazel Hawthorne podcast by Inka Leisma
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 150 on Elizabeth Smart