Why Provincetown Matters
- Christine Baker
- Dec 3, 2025
- 1 min read
“If you spend enough time in Ptown, it enters your blood. You hear, see, and feel it in your heart. Then it is just a matter into tapping into your core to let the words flood out.”
“My first visit was over a winter weekend with a handsome, intelligent, kind boyfriend who was a bit of a lunatic… As far as I am concerned, that welcoming attitude defines Provincetown to this day.”
“How many places were founded by Puritans and profit from hedonism? Provincetown’s contradictions make the place both relaxing and energizing.”
“Visiting today, you can be anyone you want without fear of violence or ridicule. But who are you? Thus my stories are about people coming to terms with their place in the world.”
“Overwhelmingly, the place I wanted to write about was Commercial Street… If I could live in one moment for eternity, it would be to stand in the middle of Commercial Street in front of the post office at 3:00 p.m. on a Saturday in July.”
“One goal I have is to tell the story of the town to people reading this book a hundred years from now after Provincetown has vanished under rising sea levels. I want them to feel its excitement, craziness, serenity, and natural beauty.”
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