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What the “Writer’s Digest” judge said about My Splendid Concubine 7 Dec 2008 | 12:34 pm
My Splendid Concubine, historical fiction by Lloyd Lofthouse “I was struck by the beauty of the cover, and I certainly was not disappointed by the book’s contents. A fascinating illumination of ninet...
My Splendid Concubine–Foreword 28 Aug 2008 | 04:32 am
Since China; the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province; Tibet; the Dalai Lama, and the 2008 Olympics are in the news so much, it is only fitting to visit one of the great men of the 19th century....
Word Dancer Three–September 1994 28 Aug 2008 | 04:27 am
Journalism was sixth period and today it started with a staff meeting. There were the few editors that had been with me the previous year. Since the majority of last year’s staff had been seniors, we...
Word Dancer Two 1 Aug 2008 | 11:53 am
September 1994 Continues The official school day starts with a warning. A bell rings to tell students that the bell signaling the passing period will sound soon. After the second bell rings, students...
Word Dancer – Chapter One 27 Jun 2008 | 05:44 am
Chapter One August & September 1994 On bad days I drove home thinking that if given a choice between combat in Vietnam and teaching, I’d take Vietnam. At least over there you carried a weapon for de...
Word Dancer – Prologue 18 Jun 2008 | 11:59 am
Word Dancer In The Literacy Trenches Prologue The high school where I taught in 1994 was an oasis in a desert of simmering violence. The student population was more than seventy percent Latino. Thi...
Hello world! 18 Jun 2008 | 11:49 am
Welcome to WordPress.com. Lloyd Lofthouse earned a BA in journalism after fighting in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine. Later, while working days as an English teacher at a high school in California, he earn...
