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Books & Bites at Hudson Library: Jeffrey Lofton with Red Clay Suzie
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This Books & Bites event is sponsored by the Hudson Library Board and includes complementary wine and cheese. Books will be available for purchase and signing at this free program.
Hudson Library is delighted to welcome author Jeffrey Dale Lofton on Friday September 29 at 4 PM for a wine and cheese Books & Bites event. Jeffrey will be talking about his debut novel Red Clay Suzie.
Fueled by tomato sandwiches and green milkshakes, and obsessed with cars, Philbet struggles with life and love as a gay boy in rural Georgia. He’s happiest when helping Grandaddy dig potatoes from the vegetable garden that connects their houses.
But Philbet’s world is shattered and his resilience shaken by events that crush his innocence and sense of security; expose his misshapen chest skillfully hidden behind shirts Mama makes at home; and convince him that he’s not fit to be loved by Knox, the older boy he idolizes to distraction. Over time, Philbet finds refuge in unexpected places and inner strength in unexpected ways, leading to a resolution in the form of a letter from beyond the grave.
Jeffrey Dale Lofton hails from Warm Springs, Georgia, best known as the home of Roosevelt’s Little White House. He calls the nation’s capital home now and has for over three decades. During those early years of living in Washington DC, he spent many a night treading the boards of DC’s theaters and performing arts centers, including the Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, and Studio Theatre. He even scored a few television screen appearances, including a residuals-rich Super Bowl halftime commercial, which his accountant quipped “is the finest work of your career.”
Ultimately he stepped away from acting, keen to use his stage-and-screen-performer’s deep understanding of the art of storytelling in a different way. To that end, he provided communications counsel to some of the nation’s leading landscape architects, as together they described the wonders of a garden well-planned. Next, he worked closely with military veterans, helping them tell their stories of war-torn life in service to their country. At the same time, he focused on pursuing post-graduate work, ultimately being awarded Master’s degrees in both Public Administration and Library and Information Science. Today, he is a senior advisor at the Library of Congress, surrounded by books and people who love books—in short, paradise. Red Clay Suzie is his first novel.
For more information or to request an accommodation, please call the library at 828-526-3031.
Hudson Library, 554 Main Street in Highlands, is open 10:00 AM-5:30 PM Tuesday through Friday and 10:00 AM-4:00 PM on Saturday.
