Brian Doyle (1956-2017) was an award-winning author who served as
the editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland in
Oregon from 1991 to 2017.
Doyle wrote many books of fiction, essays, and poems, including A
Book of Uncommon Prayer: 100 Celebrations of the Miracle & Muddle
of the Ordinary, which was named "A Best Spiritual Book of the
Year" by Spirituality & Practice and received an honorable mention
in spiritual soft-cover books from the Catholic Press Association.
His novels include Mink River, The Plover, Chicago, and Martin
Marten, for which he won a 2016 Oregon Book Award for Young Adult
Literature. His most recent novel, The Adventures of John Carson in
Several Quarters of the World: A Novel of Robert Louis Stevenson,
was published in March 2017.
Other honors include a number of book awards from the Catholic
Press Association, the Christopher Medal, three Pushcart Prizes,
the University of Notre Dame's Griffin Award in literature, the
Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters,
the Foreword Reviews Novel of the Year award, the John Burroughs
Award for Nature Essays, and, most recently, the 2017 John
Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Nature Writing for his novel
Martin Marten, only the second work of fiction to be awarded the
Medal in its 90-year history.
Doyle's work has appeared in The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly,
Harper's, Orion, American Scholar, Commonweal, America, Notre Dame
Magazine, Boston College Magazine, US Catholic, Christian Century,
St. Anthony Messenger, National Catholic Reporter, First Things,
and Give Us This Day. His essays have been reprinted in the annual
anthologies from Best American Essays, Best American Science and
Nature Writing, and Best American Spiritual Writing.
Mary Miller Doyle can be found painting in her Portland studio. She
and Brian shared thirty exuberant years of marriage and were
blessed with three children. Peter Boland was Brian Doyle's best
friend and offered the eulogy at his funeral. Boland appears in the
final prayer in A Book of Uncommon Prayer as a big otter.
"Brian Doyle remains our great poet of paradox: irreverently reverent, wildly civilized, jokingly serious, and earthily spiritual." --Gregory Wolfe, founder of Image magazine "I keep this book on my desk for days that wrench my soul or ones where I just need a little refocus. Reading Brian Doyle's work, especially this tiny collection of prayers, has shown me how to view both moments of humor and pain as marked with God's grace." --Shemaiah Gonzalez, author of Brian Doyle: Finding God in the Ordinary "A Book of Uncommon Prayer is an anthem to everyday wonder. It made me want to pray and reminded me that attentiveness is prayer at its purest. I will reach for this book and Brian Doyle's magical blend of simplicity, tenderness, and humor for the rest of my ordinary days." --Shannan Martin, author of The Ministry of Ordinary Places "Brian Doyle is the best writer of spirituality in Catholicland, and I doubt if any writer can match him in any land. These amazing prayers--in thanks for decent shoes, for cashiers and checkout-counter folks, for the reader who photocopies this prayer and shares it with friends and sisters, and so many more --are where the rubber meets the road." --Michael Leach, author of Why Stay Catholic?
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