In the tenth and final episode, Hazel visits the dunes for one last time. Inka gets to spend several nights in the dunes - for the first time.

A podcast about the journey of finding the forgotten American writer Hazel Hawthorne. This podcast is produced by Inka Leisma and Essi Isomäki. Hosted by Inka Leisma. Interview tapes from 1977 courtesy of professor William Brevda. Hazel Hawthorne’s notes cited with permission of the Hazel Hawthorne Estate. Cape Cod audio by Christopher Seufert from his album Cape Cod Soundscape vol. 1, available in iTunes. Thank you to Harriet ’Jerusha’ Arnoldi for the live performance of Hazel, all rights reserved by the artist. Theme song by Studio Le Bus.

A literary detective story! Hazel Hawthorne(1901-2000) published two novels, several short stories, poems and book reviews. She knew everyone who was anyone, but most of us have never even heard her name. Edmund Wilson has called her one of the most gifted of American women writers, but she remains a footnote in the biographies of literary giants such as Eugene O'Neill, John Cheever and Edmund Wilson. 

This narrative podcast takes you to the shores of the Atlantic on Cape Cod, where Hazel followed the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau and carved her own path to the literary world. The journey begins when Inka Leisma sees a black and white photograph of Hazel in Berlin, Germany.

Available in Google Podcasts, iOS podcasts, Spotify, iTunes and SoundCloud.