After witnessing the aftermath of a notorious double murder, one of 19th century America’s most popular poetry and prose writers took up crime writing in her Atlantic Monthly essay A Memorable Murder. The subject of this week’s mini episode, Celia Thaxter grew up on a tiny island off the coast of New England, where her father was the lighthouse keeper. Later, after becoming Boston’s literary darling, she hosted friends such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthore, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Sarah Orne Jewett at her father’s hotel on Appledore Island. For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast