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Brian Doyle
Brian Doyle (born in New York in 1956) is the editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland, in Oregon. He is the author of thirteen books, among them the novels Mink River (big) and Cat's Foot (little; a friend of mine says it is a 'novella' but that sounds like a disease or a... show more

Brian Doyle (born in New York in 1956) is the editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland, in Oregon. He is the author of thirteen books, among them the novels Mink River (big) and Cat's Foot (little; a friend of mine says it is a 'novella' but that sounds like a disease or a sandwich spread), the story collection Bin Laden's Bald Spot, the nonfiction books The Grail and The Wet Engine, and many books of essays and poems. His Huge Whopping Headlong Sea Novel THE PLOVER will be published in April 2014 by St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, bless their mad hearts. Brian James Patrick Doyle of New Yawk is cheerfully NOT the great Canadian novelist Brian Doyle, nor the astrophysicist Brian Doyle, nor the former Yankee baseball player Brian Doyle, nor even the terrific actor Brian Doyle-Murray. He is, let's say, the ambling shambling Oregon writer Brian Doyle, and happy to be so.
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Marjorie's World of Books
Marjorie's World of Books rated it 10 years ago
I’m very conflicted about how I feel about this book. On one hand, I loved its beauty and its connection with humans, animals, trees and nature. It struck me emotionally so many times. I laughed and I cried. I felt each of the characters were known to me, both human and animal, and I wished many...
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it 14 years ago
I forgive Doyle for calling these lovely little essays "proems". Hell, after reading this collection, I might just forgive him anything. His poems tumble head over teakettle the same way his speaking voice does, full of passion and intensity and more than anything else wonder. He's the poster boy fo...
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it 14 years ago
Brian Doyle's is the first byline I learned to look for in the Oregonian when I moved here, and I still get an anticipatory flutter when I see it. He's recently written a novel, Mink River and I went to Powell's to listen to him talk. He's an insanely intense and achingly vulnerable speaker who laug...
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