Stories By David Loftus
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Crime Fiction
Book Review: Broken Harbor by Tana French
November 24, 2024Right out of the gate, French displayed a gift for rich psychological plots, complex characterizations, and...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The Story of AC/DC by Susan Masino
August 1, 2024Rock biographies, particularly of bands, are an odd subgenre. With an individual singer or instrumentalist, the...
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Movies & TV
CLR Writer, David Loftus, Recounts His Role as a ‘Reaper’ on NBC’s Grimm
July 20, 2024The director came over between takes and said, “I like what you’re doing, I’m seeing plenty...
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Movies & TV
NBC’s Fantasy Series Grimm, Set in Portland, Oregon
July 19, 2024For those who haven’t seen the show, Grimm starts from the premise that all the supernatural...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Some Like It Hot: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion by Laurence Maslon
January 10, 2024There’s plenty about Monroe, of course — her perpetual lateness to the set, her entourage (especially...
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Fiction Reviews
Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
January 7, 2024What’s remarkable about her is that she shares her story with the class simply, with a...
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Death
Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius by Colin Dickey
January 2, 2024The 19th century science known as phrenology — which posited that the human skull conforms to...
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Fiction Reviews
The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King
December 24, 2023Most of the narratives are first-person accounts by Mary, so readers get to know her very...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
A Conversation with Author and McSweeney’s Editor Paul Collins
December 23, 2023"I think most scholars tend to trust the First Folio more than anything else, not because...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa by R.A. Scotti
December 19, 2023Not quite a century ago, on August 29, 1911, thousands of people began flocking to the...