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 Lightness of Errol Flynn

In praise of the irresistible swashbuckler

By Brian Doyle | Monday December 5, 2016

Well, Some of It Was True

The life and death of Joe Strummer of the Clash

By Brian Doyle | Monday June 6, 2016

His Subtle Speech

A gentle nudge at the fork of the road

By Brian Doyle | Wednesday June 1, 2016

Boxing Out

A Note

By Brian Doyle | Wednesday June 1, 2016

The Spitter

Spare the frogs but not the scorpions

By Brian Doyle | Wednesday June 1, 2016

The Island

Where I’m from

By Brian Doyle | Wednesday June 1, 2016

The Eloquent Silence of It

Sometimes you don’t need to fill the gaps

By Brian Doyle | Wednesday June 1, 2016

His Listening

A celebration of a rare and extraordinary thing

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 27, 2016

The Bulletin Board of Your Head

Who has a ponytail at 70?

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 20, 2016

Crush

The way she flowed into that bus

By Brian Doyle | Friday May 13, 2016

Thomas

By Brian Doyle | Friday September 25, 2015

Backpacks

By Brian Doyle | Friday September 18, 2015

The Eleventh

By Brian Doyle | Friday September 11, 2015

Angeline

By Brian Doyle | Friday September 4, 2015

Barefooting

By Brian Doyle | Friday August 28, 2015

John Wayne

By Brian Doyle | Friday August 21, 2015

Masks

By Brian Doyle | Friday August 14, 2015

A Mohawk in the House

By Brian Doyle | Friday August 7, 2015

O Canada

By Brian Doyle | Friday July 31, 2015

Where the Blue Begins

By Brian Doyle | Friday July 24, 2015

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