California Literary Review

David Loftus

Native Oregonian David Loftus has lived in Europe and Boston and traveled in Asia and West Africa. He has been a full-time newspaper reporter and has authored three books. Currently, Loftus writes occasional free-lance book reviews for THE OREGONIAN as well as the CALIFORNIA LITERARY REVIEW. He also blogs at www.americancurrents.com. After spending much of his adult life as a writer, copyeditor, and proofreader, with only occasional forays on the stage, he started working seriously as an actor in his late 40s, in 2005. For the past seven years, he has read literature aloud to live audiences every month at a coffee shop, an event he calls "Story Time for Grownups." By 2009, Loftus had become a full-time freelance writer and actor and was regularly doing print modeling jobs and acting in commercials, industrial videos, and indie films in 2010. In early 2012 he also launched a political talk radio show which he hosts on Sunday nights but which is also archived for later listening or download at any time on BlogTalkRadio.com. Loftus lives in Portland with his wife Carole and dog Pixie, a seven-pound toy fox terrier. Wordpress Hacks

Stories By David Loftus

Books

Book Review: Broken Harbor by Tana French

By David LoftusApril 19, 2020

Right out of the gate, French displayed a gift for rich psychological plots, complex characterizations, and...
Biography

The Story of AC/DC by Susan Masino

By David LoftusJanuary 14, 2020

Rock 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

By David LoftusApril 29, 2012

The 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

By David LoftusApril 29, 2012

For those who haven’t seen the show, Grimm starts from the premise that all the supernatural...