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.

Empire Builders

There were a few good men among them, weren’t there?

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 31, 2013

Cool Beans

When life presents you a cursing surfer

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 24, 2013

Cutter

Where you go when you want to get taller

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 17, 2013

The Man Who Saw Too Much

Wise words to the young

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 10, 2013

The Town Behind the One You Can See

Where you live is not always what it seems

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 3, 2013

To: The National Passport Processing Center, Philadelphia

Re: The photo in question

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 26, 2013

Over the Bar in the River

The final words of a dear, dear friend

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 19, 2013

His Wooden Leg

The man who was baseball

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 12, 2013

Things My Kids Have Said …

… That they do not know I know they said

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 5, 2013

The Deceased

A final goodbye

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 29, 2013

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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