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.

My Tax Questionnaire

Honesty always appreciated

By Brian Doyle | Friday February 27, 2015

This Is Russia

Where the wine is sweet but the writers are wise

By Brian Doyle | Friday February 20, 2015

A Shaggy Dog Story

Calls of nature and the lewdness of squirrels

By Brian Doyle | Friday February 13, 2015

Learning to Drive

Is that Gaelic I’m hearing?

By Brian Doyle | Friday February 6, 2015

Bunt

The art of amazement

By Brian Doyle | Friday January 30, 2015

The Game

Who needs hi-def TV when you can simply give in to your imagination?

By Brian Doyle | Friday January 23, 2015

Eating the Avalanche

Notes on two insatiable appetites

By Brian Doyle | Friday January 16, 2015

Last Songs

The soundtrack of Thomas’s life

By Brian Doyle | Friday January 9, 2015

Twelve Hats

Each a remembrance of times past

By Brian Doyle | Friday January 2, 2015

Joe Strummer Day

Build a raging, leaping fire, okay?

By Brian Doyle | Friday December 19, 2014

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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