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An old color photograph of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman reading a book together. They're surrounded by trees and behind them is a blue ski.

Episode 118: The Sea Around Us

Episode #118

2025-07-16 05:00:30

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When writer Rachel Carson built a house on Maine’s Southport Island, her new neighbor, Dorothy Freeman, sent her a note to welcome her. Rachel wrote back. And when the summer was over, they kept writing to each other.

Lida Maxwell’s book is Rachel Carson and the Power of Queer Love.

Martha Freeman’s book is Always, Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964

Photo credit: Stanley Freeman

Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available.