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.

Smallclothes

On the natural history of destruction

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 8, 2015

The Missing

Now you say it in the past tense

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 1, 2015

In Queens

Who needs a madeleine when you have cannelloni?

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 24, 2015

Parsing the Paper

Try divvying up a smartphone on Sunday morning

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 17, 2015

Chessay

Seeing into the soul in front of you

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 10, 2015

The Sunday Afternoon Nap

A most pleasant subsidence

By Brian Doyle | Friday April 3, 2015

Eínai Enas Fto̱chós Podosfairistí̱s

Keep the ball out of the net, and deck someone if you need to

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 27, 2015

Milking a Cow

Claws and udders in action

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 20, 2015

The Long Winter

If you want a thaw, go west, young man

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 13, 2015

The Kid Brother

Consider yourself lucky if you have one

By Brian Doyle | Friday March 6, 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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