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.

Draft Card

Remembering the call to fight

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 22, 2013

The House for Recovering Souls

What happens when you make the wrong decisions at the wrong times

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 15, 2013

The Younger Brother Measuring System

What to do with your sibling on a cold, snowy day

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 8, 2013

Crystal Blue Persuader

Tommy James of the Shondells goes on record

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 1, 2013

Craft

It’s all in the hands

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 1, 2013

Cyrus

The most wondrous mule that ever was

By Brian Doyle | Friday February 22, 2013

The Country of Who He Used to Be

In memory of school years—and a loved one—past

By Brian Doyle | Friday February 15, 2013

Storycatcher

A taste of things to come …

By Brian Doyle | Friday February 8, 2013

Joyas Voladoras

Revisiting an ode to the heart by one of our best-loved writers

By Brian Doyle | Tuesday June 12, 2012

The Right Honourable Mr. Burke

Impassioned orator, eloquent statesman, esteemed writer—but who was Edmund Burke the man?

By Brian Doyle | Friday June 1, 2012

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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