ESSAYS
I have published essays -- on political, humorous, travel, and other topics -- in venues as diverse as the Oregonian, the Roseburg (Ore.) News-Review, Harvard Magazine, and Editor & Publisher.
- "Love of Books Unites People Worldwide"
(originally published in the Oregonian)
- "In Praise of Oregon Rain"
(originally published in The News-Review, Roseburg, OR)
- "The Joys and Tribulations of a Local Music Reviewer"
(originally published in Editor & Publisher magazine)
- "Man's Best Friend? No One"
(originally published in the Oregonian)
- "A War In Which Nothing Worked"
(originally published in The News-Review, Roseburg, OR)
- "Earth's Fleshy Organisms Too Wasted to be Civilized"
(originally published in The News-Review, Roseburg, OR)
- "The Loftus Paranoid Theory of Gifted Child Suppression"
(not published anywhere else)
- Letters to the Editor, a compendium by David Loftus
- "Who Wants to be a Millionaire? I did!"
(an unpublished account of my experience as a contestant on the famous game show -- with a side visit to my publisher and Ground Zero less than seven weeks after 9/11)
TRAVEL
- West Africa, part 1: Lessons From a Visit to the "Other Africa"
- West Africa, part 2: The Western Influence
- West Africa, part 3: Clean Water is One Sign of the Good Life
- West Africa, part 4: Strong Sense of Humor a Necessity in Africa
- West Africa, part 5: The African Environment is Dirty, but the U.S. is Worse
- West Africa, part 6: High Death Rate Fuels African Births
- West Africa, part 7: Privacy a Recent Invention
- Greece, part 1: An Introduction
- Greece, part 2: A Look at the Food
- Greece, part 3: A Look at Drink
- Greece, part 4: Hellas - Faith and Superstition
- Greece, part 5: Shopping for Books in Hellas
BOOKS
- Stalking the Elusive Codex
- Review of Not Wanted on the Voyage, by Timothy Findley
- Review of Yama: The Pit, by Alexandre Kuprin
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READING ALOUD
- The Joys of Reading Aloud
- My "Career" as a Reader
- Hear Ye, Read All About It: Out Loud, The Oregonian, March 18, 1998