On Commercial Street in Provincetown
“Provincetown is, has always been, an eccentrics’ sanctuary, more or less the way other places are bird sanctuaries or wild game preserves. It is the only small town I know of where those who live unconventionally seem to outnumber those who live within the prescribed boundaries of home and licensed marriage, respectable jobs and biological children. It is where people who were the outcasts and untouchables in other towns can become prominent members of society.’’
-- Michael Cunningham (born 1952) is a novelist and screenwriter.
