Stories By David Loftus

Non-Fiction Reviews
Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles
May 10, 2026Oh, no—the cry is almost involuntary—not another Beatles book! What more could anyone possibly say? The...

Books
Book Review: Broken Harbor by Tana French
March 29, 2026Right out of the gate, French displayed a gift for rich psychological plots, complex characterizations, and...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Story of AC/DC by Susan Masino
December 5, 2025Rock biographies, particularly of bands, are an odd subgenre. With an individual singer or instrumentalist, the...

Movies & TV
CLR Writer, David Loftus, Recounts His Role as a ‘Reaper’ on NBC’s Grimm
November 24, 2025The director came over between takes and said, “I like what you’re doing, I’m seeing plenty...

Movies & TV
NBC’s Fantasy Series Grimm, Set in Portland, Oregon
November 23, 2025For those who haven’t seen the show, Grimm starts from the premise that all the supernatural...
Books
Some Like It Hot: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion by Laurence Maslon
April 21, 2025There’s plenty about Monroe, of course — her perpetual lateness to the set, her entourage (especially...
Fiction Reviews
Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
April 19, 2025What’s remarkable about her is that she shares her story with the class simply, with a...
Death
Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius by Colin Dickey
April 13, 2025The 19th century science known as phrenology — which posited that the human skull conforms to...
Fiction Reviews
The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King
April 3, 2025Most of the narratives are first-person accounts by Mary, so readers get to know her very...
Non-Fiction Reviews
A Conversation with Author and McSweeney’s Editor Paul Collins
April 3, 2025"I think most scholars tend to trust the First Folio more than anything else, not because...








