Brian Doyle

Brian Doyle, an essayist and novelist, died on May 27, 2017. To read Epiphanies, his longtime blog for the Scholar, please go here.

The Mark and Measure of the Man

Remembering Uncle Elmer from Queens

By Brian Doyle | Friday October 10, 2014

First Day

The solace of a ball and an empty court

By Brian Doyle | Friday October 3, 2014

The Compost Heap

One man’s trash is another man’s nightmare

By Brian Doyle | Friday September 26, 2014

Late Summer Softball

Playing ball by the old landfill hill

By Brian Doyle | Friday September 19, 2014

The Heft of the Horse

A not so tall tale

By Brian Doyle | Friday September 12, 2014

Leap

By Brian Doyle | Wednesday September 10, 2014

All Possible Pie

At the window of an automat, watching the world go by

By Brian Doyle | Friday September 5, 2014

The School Bus Schedule

The anxieties and joys of 8:51

By Brian Doyle | Friday August 29, 2014

Your Favorite Season

A note

By Brian Doyle | Friday August 22, 2014

Surf City

The music of the waves

By Brian Doyle | Friday August 15, 2014

The Lightness of Errol Flynn

By Brian Doyle | Monday December 5, 2016

Well, Some of It Was True

By Brian Doyle | Monday June 6, 2016

His Subtle Speech

By Brian Doyle | Wednesday June 1, 2016

Boxing Out

By Brian Doyle | Wednesday June 1, 2016

The Spitter

By Brian Doyle | Wednesday June 1, 2016

The Island

By Brian Doyle | Wednesday June 1, 2016

The Eloquent Silence of It

By Brian Doyle | Wednesday June 1, 2016

His Listening

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 27, 2016

The Bulletin Board of Your Head

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 20, 2016

Crush

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 13, 2016

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