Roger Pinckney's latest novel, "Reefer Moon," involves 400 pounds of marijuana, real estate schemers and some scandalous love affairs.

And it's all true -- for the most part.

The Daufuskie author is known as an advocate for the island, striving to preserve its natural environment and culture. And, as he explains, his latest work captures some of the Daufuskie sentiment, as well. more...

From his outpost on Daufuskie Island, a partially developed Lowcountry jewel, Roger Pinckney spins a tale about Sea Island tomatoes, pot smuggling, voodoo, lovemakin’ and the ancient pull of moonlight. His characters interact in a world where nature still holds the aces, but Pinckney is a not a traditional American naturalist. Pinckney’s natural world is in peril and it is up to human beings to stop other human beings from destroying it. Pinckney is a conservationist writer on many levels. It is not only the natural assets of coastal South Carolina and Georgia that Pinckney seeks to preserve, but also the wildness of man. more...

“Some doctor at the Melrose Resort was comparing it to Brothers Karamazov,” Roger Pinckney was saying about his new novel, Reefer Moon, published last month by Joggling Board Press. Then he grinned a rapscallion grin and added, “I said I thought it was more like Brothers Kutyernutzoff, myself.”

We were at the Freeport Marina on Daufuskie Island. Daufuskie is the southernmost point in South Carolina, our last sea island. If Hilton Head looks like a boot, Daufuskie is the ball it’s about to kick. more...

Call it a book-signing with a Lowcountry twist.

To Roger Pinckney of Daufuskie Island, the events where he rolls out his new novel -- "Reefer Moon" -- are "throw-downs."

That means live music on a Lowcountry dock, adult beverages and souvenir T-shirts and baseball caps are a bigger part of the gig than readings. more...