Brian doyle writer portland biography of barack

Weber, Kerry. Wang, Amy. Sarson, Katrina, and Julia Oppenheimer. Doyle, Brian J. Corvallis: Oregon State Univ. Press, Pasadena, Calif. The wet engine: exploring the mad wild miracle of the heart. New York: St. Martin's, Skip to main content. A project of the Oregon Historical Society. In May , he died at the age of 60 due to a brain tumor.

But in almost every class I am asked how I became a writer, and after I make my usual joke about it being a benign neurosis, as my late friend George Higgins once told me, I usually talk about my dad. My dad was a newspaperman, and still is, at age 92, a man of great grace and patience and dignity, and he taught me immensely valuable lessons.

If you wish to be a writer, write, he would say. There are people who talk about writing and then there are people who sit down and type. Writing is fast typing. Also you must read like you are starving for ink. Read widely. Read everything. Read the Bible once a year or so, ideally the King James, to be reminded that rhythm and cadence are your friends as a writer.

Most religious writing is terrible whereas some spiritual writing is stunning.

Brian doyle writer portland biography of barack

The New Testament in the King James version, for example. Brian died on May 27, He was an award winning editor, a widely published and award winning author, and, for the students who worked at publications and journalism on campus, Brian was a spark, friend, inspiration, and mentor. He was a pied-piper, who wrote an annual public-service announcement for The Beacon calling students to the vocation of writer, life-participant:.

So why not work for The Beacon? Yes, you do. Doyle died from a brain tumor in He made me think about small moments in big ways. I wish I could remember more about our conversation that time I met him; I only remember that he was kind. I show up to work every day with his longtime colleagues and friends. I have nothing to gain by suggesting you read this new collection of essays, though I think you have something to gain.