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Brian Doyle Brian Doyle i(A7022 works by)
Born: Established: New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
; Died: Ceased: 27 May 2017 Oregon,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,

Gender: Male
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1 There Are Many Ways to Be a Man, And All of Them Have to Do with Honest i "Or here's a story. A man finds himself acting as the dad", Brian Doyle , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 20 May vol. 28 no. 10 2018; (p. 42-43)
1 If We Ever Got to Be What We so Want to Be i "One time years ago when I was at the end of my rope", Brian Doyle , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 20 May vol. 28 no. 10 2018; (p. 41) Eureka Street , 2 October vol. 33 no. 19 2023;
1 The Kindergarten Bus i "My daughter, now a lean wry young woman, tells me", Brian Doyle , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 20 May vol. 28 no. 10 2018; (p. 40) Eureka Street , 2 October vol. 33 no. 19 2023;
1 One Child Held My Left Pinky Brian Doyle , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Eureka Street , June vol. 26 no. 11 2016; (p. 55-56)
'One child held onto my left pinky finger everywhere we went. Never any other finger and never the right pinky but only the left pinky and never my whole hand. My finger misses her hand this morning.' (Abstract)
1 Nuns in Love Brian Doyle , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Eureka Street , May vol. 26 no. 10 2016; (p. 25-28)

'Just before dawn this morning I heard a long cheerful skreeeeeeeeek Which maybe was a towhee or a jay or a lustish hawk over the house But I what I heard was the Brunswick tram, the 112, rollicking along And squawking and screeching and harrumphing and groaning in the Key of C, it seemed to me...' (Abstract)

1 Poem for Father's Day i "No one talks about this, but every dad who ever had a son", Brian Doyle , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 23 October vol. 26 no. 21 2016; Eureka Street , 20 May vol. 28 no. 10 2018; (p. 42) Eureka Street , 2 October vol. 33 no. 19 2023;
1 Poem for Daniel Joseph Harrington i "This is what I saw at a funeral on Saturday a bright", Brian Doyle , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 23 October vol. 26 no. 21 2016;
1 A Small Someone i "Yet again I am among children who are telling me stories,", Brian Doyle , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 23 October vol. 26 no. 21 2016;
1 Seamus i "The way I discovered I had an older brother named Seamus", Brian Doyle , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 11 October vol. 25 no. 20 2015;
1 Flew i "One time when my twin sons were eight years old", Brian Doyle , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 11 October vol. 25 no. 20 2015;
1 The Morning Bus i "The schoolbus croaks down our hill at just exactly the right time", Brian Doyle , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 11 October vol. 25 no. 20 2015;
1 Father Tom i "Or here’s a small story that isn’t small at all.", Brian Doyle , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 25 May vol. 25 no. 10 2015;
1 Grandmother Is Dying Brian Doyle , 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 27 April vol. 25 no. 8 2015;
1 On All Souls Day i "All my life, when I thought about death coming for me,", Brian Doyle , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 17 March vol. 25 no. 5 2015;
1 Your Theatrical Training i "Most of what we learn when we are young is how to get by,", Brian Doyle , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 17 March vol. 25 no. 5 2015;
1 Éirinn Go Brách i "We say all these brave and cheerful things today:", Brian Doyle , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 17 March vol. 25 no. 5 2015;
1 Bar Brawl i "Yes, I was in one. In Chicago, many years ago.", Brian Doyle , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 8 December vol. 24 no. 24 2014;
1 The Deft of It i "Just spent four days with my mom and dad,", Brian Doyle , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 8 December vol. 24 no. 24 2014;
1 Times Tables i "Just got a note from my mom, in which she tells me", Brian Doyle , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 8 December vol. 24 no. 24 2014;
1 Poem for Miss Mary MacKillop, of Fitzroy i "Today’s startling news: Australia’s only recognized Catholic saint,", Brian Doyle , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 8 December vol. 24 no. 24 2014;
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