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 Guy Who Wore His Son Like a Scarf

What’s more important than a game?

By Brian Doyle | Friday February 26, 2016

A Letter to the Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh

(Who Just Issued a Fatwa Forbidding Chess in Saudi Arabia)

By Brian Doyle | Friday February 19, 2016

A Note on Shots

Will it go through a hoop? Then launch away …

By Brian Doyle | Friday February 12, 2016

Why Do We Not Sing These Things as Miracles?

I say flip-flops, and you think …

By Brian Doyle | Friday February 5, 2016

Pregnancy

A Note

By Brian Doyle | Friday January 29, 2016

How to Change a Diaper

What we talk about when we talk about love

By Brian Doyle | Friday January 22, 2016

The Gagger

No good deed …

By Brian Doyle | Friday January 15, 2016

A Boston Story

Good business for the neighborhood

By Brian Doyle | Friday January 8, 2016

The Black Hole

Throw the ball in, and it’ll never come out

By Brian Doyle | Friday December 18, 2015

Huddle

Hidden scars that should be revealed

By Brian Doyle | Friday December 11, 2015

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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