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.

Cinnabar

In praise of the One O’Clock Fox

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 6, 2016

Friday Morning Pop Quiz

(There will be no extra credit)

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 29, 2016

Playing Ball in Brooklyn

Sweep before you leap

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 22, 2016

The National Sport

A note on Aussie football with the season Down Under now underway

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 15, 2016

The Old Sneakers With Which We Mow the Lawn

A love song

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 8, 2016

Conscious Fouls

A season-ending note on roundball

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 1, 2016

The Hills and Dales of Their Father

Remembrance of a Saturday morning

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 25, 2016

What Is Snow Like?

For starters, it’s cold

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 18, 2016

In the Rain by the River

All that’s missing is an ark

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 11, 2016

On Scouting

A note

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 4, 2016

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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