Hazel Hawthorne — Salt House with Allison Bass-Riccio and Livia Tenzer

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“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 (provincetownarts.org/bookstore/salt-house-a-no…) by Hazel Hawthorne
Provincetown Arts (provincetownarts.org)
Tour the Dunes of Provincetown (youtube.com/watch?v=zZ2j1J_Gf98)
Peaked Hill Trust Writing Residency (peakedhilltrust.org/arts-and-science-residency…)
Three Women (kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/hazel-hawthor…) by Hazel Hawthorne
Edmund Wilson (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Wilson)
Mary Heaton Vorse (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Heaton_Vorse)
Eugene O’Neill (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill)
The Provincetown Players (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincetown_Players)
On the Road (bookshop.org/p/books/on-the-road-the-original-…) by Jack Kerouac
Finding Hazel Hawthorne podcast (open.spotify.com/show/42osHXpnS0RQMbkdMfDz14) by Inka Leisma
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 150 (lostladiesoflit.com/transcripts/150-elizabeth-…) on Elizabeth Smart

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