Buxton Books is excited to host Wesley Moore III for the launch of his new book, Long Ago Last Summer!
We had so much fun celebrating Wesley’s last book, Today, Oh Boy, with him and his loved ones, and are so glad he’s given us the occasion to do it again with this new title. Please join us in the bookstore for Wesley’s author talk and then hang around for signed books and free beer. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Program begins at 6:00 pm. Please email rsvp@buxtonbooks.com to let us know you’re coming so we can save you a seat!
About Long Ago Last Summer:
Long Ago Last Summer is a Southern Gothic gumbo part Flannery O’Connor, part Tennessee Williams with a dash of Delta blues. An array of unforgettable characters come alive on the page: village idiots, eccentric aunts, beloved dogs, and at least one serial killer, Donald ‘Pee Wee’ Gaskins. Moore’s memoir embodies the profound paradoxes of Southern culture against a landscape dotted with antebellum plantations, shotgun shacks, suburban subdivisions, Pentecostal churches, and juke joints.
About Wesley Moore III:
A native South Carolinian, Wesley Moore III taught English at Porter-Gaud School in Charleston for 34 years before his retirement in 2019. Kirkus Reviews lauded his debut novel Today, Oh Boy as "a quietly sublime period piece" featuring "dazzling characters." An anthologized author, he has published in various literary journals and won several writing awards. He also publishes the blog ‘You Do Hoodoo’ (wlm3.com). Wesley lives with his wife, Caroline, and stepdaughter, Brooks, on Folly Beach, South Carolina.