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  World Literature Today Prize for Children's Literature: Juries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In Brian Doyle's Mary Ann Alice, the eponymous narrator explains that she was named after the bell in the steeple of the church in nearby Martindale.
Doyle gives the land a voice: the argument of crickets, the double slurp of a trout jumping in a creek, the mysterious gurgling that can be heard with your ear pressed to the crack in a giant rock, the roaring symphony of Paugan Falls.
Doyle talks of an "anecdotal upbringing," listening to the tall tales of his father and his father's cronies, stories unfolding under the buzzing of the Coleman lamp up at the cabin, with young Brian listening not just for content or punch line, but for rhythm, the pulse of the thing.
www.ou.edu /worldlit/NSK/Doyle.htm   (1104 words)

  
 My Name Is America: The Journal of Brian Doyle
Brian's seagoing adventure is "a cracking good tale," but so is Brian's inner voyage toward understanding, self-confidence, and self-worth.
Brian is forced to "bate the case"--strip and crawl inside the whale's head to harvest the oil.
Brian resists this temptation and peer pressure, though he has moments when he wishes he could be done with Nathaniel.
www.scholastic.com /dearamerica/parentteacher/guides/mynameis/greenhorn.htm   (2246 words)

  
 Smokebox.net Words: Brian Doyle: Note on the Poem Ggfddfg
Doyle states his opening with a duo of commas, then the bassoon note of the semicolon, the larger pause, and the reader stops; for; an; instant; and then a run of commas like sea trout, their backs flashing in the sun.
Brian Doyle (bdoyle@up.edu)is the editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland, in Oregon.
Brian and his wife Mary Miller (a stunning painter) have three children, among them the noted poet Joseph Doyle.
www.smokebox.net /archives/word/doylepoem1003.html   (723 words)

  
 Weddings By Recommendation Only - Denon & Doyle Entertainment, DJs, San Francisco Bay Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Being the official DJ for the San Francisco 49ers, the San Jose Sharks, and the SF Giants’ new Pac Bell Park, Denon and Doyle is one of the most respected and recommended companies in the Bay Area.
Brian, the founder and owner, formerly worked for several radio stations, playing country music and classic rock for many years.
All Denon and Doyle DJs pride themselves on playing the right music for mixed events and, most important, on how well they are reading the crowd.
www.byreconly.com /sf_vendors/music/DenonDoyle.htm   (401 words)

  
 Books: Sniffing out the heart of the story
Doyle researched the heart and quizzed doctors about his son’s condition and the protocol for treatment: two extremely risky surgeries in the boy’s infancy and the prospect of awaiting a transplant one day.
Doyle offers tangible details of scientific experiments and heart surgeries, not to mention the naked emotional material of parents scared out of their wits at the prospect of losing a child.
Doyle considers Annie Dillard’s For the Time Being a spiritual classic; his style is reminiscent of her way of describing mystical grace through the concrete funnel of nature and human nature.
www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives2/2005b/060305/060305r.php   (1143 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Uncle Ronald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Brian Doyle has always used comedy in his fictions to explore issues that are relevant to the lives of the young readers he is writing for.
He's Brian Doyle; he does make us laugh as Mickey recounts the desperate measures he's forced to take as a perennial bed-wetter, but as a reader we are very aware that Doyle's not making fun of Mickey; he's forcing us to confront the turmoil that Mickey faces and to face it ourselves.
Doyle is making us deal with the fact that our society has long covered up the abuse that young children have suffered.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0888993099   (787 words)

  
 NSK 2005 LAUREATE
Brian Doyle, one of Canada's most beloved authors of fiction for young people, was selected on July 15, 2004 as the 2005 laureate of the $25,000 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature, awarded by the University of Oklahoma and its international quarterly, World Literature Today.
Doyle gives the land a voice: the argument of crickets, the double slurp of trout jumping in a creek, the mysterious gurgling that can be heard with your ear pressed to the crack in a giant rock, the roaring of Paugan Falls."
Doyle will receive the $25,000 award, a medallion and a certificate during official ceremonies at OU in 2005.
www.ou.edu /worldlit/NSK/NSK2005Laureate.htm   (568 words)

  
 Band Department: School of Music: Indiana University
Brian K. Doyle joins the Indiana University School of Music faculty after a residence at the University of Michigan, where he received the AMusD in Wind Conducting under the mentorship of Michael Haithcock.
Doyle also received a BME and two MM (saxophone and wind conducting) degrees from Michigan State University; his principal teachers there included John Whitwell, Joseph Lulloff and James Forger.
As a freelance conductor, Doyle was engaged by the Triangle Brass Band as its Resident Conductor, a post he held from 1999 until 2002.
www.music.indiana.edu /department/band/doyle.shtml   (243 words)

  
 C&MA Men - Raising the Bar in Ministry to Men through Men's Events
MM — Brian, one of your responsibilities with Vision New England Men’s Ministry is assisting churches and denominations in holding men’s retreats.
BRIAN DOYLE - I have helped with men’s retreats for many years — though after Promise Keepers made ministry to men visible — retreats became relevant to men of all ages.
Brian Doyle: Brian is one of two men in New England devoting full time to men’s ministry.
www.fleetcal.com /cma/raisingthebar.shtml   (1320 words)

  
 Doyle, Brian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Doyle, Brian, children's novelist (b at Ottawa 12 Aug 1935).
Although Doyle's first-person narratives depend on eccentric characters and repetitive comic episodes, they prove significant themes about tolerance, love and reconciliation.
Doyle's 2 Canadian Library Association Medal winners are even more complex.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0002383   (201 words)

  
 Brian Doyle Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Brian Doyle was born on Wednesday, January 26 1955, in Glasgow, Kentucky.
Doyle was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 30, 1978, with the New York Yankees.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Brian Doyle baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=doylebr01   (281 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Page2 - The List: Baseball's one-hit wonders
Over the course of four major league seasons, Doyle, a second baseman, played in only 120 games and had only 222 at bats.
His play was overshadowed by Bucky Dent, the Series MVP, but Doyle came up with three hits in Game 5 and another three in Game 6, during which he drove in a run with his first Major League double.
He never topped his World Series performance, or, for that matter, his regular-season performance for the Yankees in 1978, when he played in a career high 39 games and batted.192 with a.192 slugging percentage and a.192 on base percentage in 52 at bats.
espn.go.com /page2/s/list/onehitwonders.html   (1484 words)

  
 Gallery of Sexy Brians
Brian Doyle-Murray is the stocky, distinctly Irish-American character actor and writer who has created some of the most enjoyable comedy moments in history.
Brian was born on July 9, 1938 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Brian Setzer isn't stocky (maybe a little short, though), nor is he a distinctly Irish-American character actor...
www.myprontopup.com /sexybrians/sexybrians.html   (1890 words)

  
 UNC Geography
Brian Doyle is a Captain in the United States Army.
Brian is a candidate for a master’s degree in Geography.
Following completion of this degree, Brian and his Family will be posted to the United States Military Academy at West Point to serve as an instructor of Geography.
www.unc.edu /~jammar/newgeog/people/grads/doyle   (181 words)

  
 Brian
Brian was then invited by Vision New England to initiate and direct their Men’s Ministries focus.
Brian has a BS in Manufacturing Management from The University of Connecticut, and an MS in International Business from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a C.P.M. from the National Association of Purchasing Management.
Brian and Barbara are members of Wintonbury Baptist Church where Brian serves on the elder board and as men’s ministry leader.
www.man2manexpress.com /html/brian.html   (352 words)

  
 Smokebox.net: Brian Doyle Interviews Brian Doyle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
I think he is going to keep trying to make small perfect pieces of prose, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if his pieces kept getting smaller and smaller until he finally stopped writing altogether and ends his days pondering a single word, or a single letter of the alphabet.
Interviewer Brian Doyle is the editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland, in Oregon; his essays have appeared in The American Scholar, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Orion, Manoa, and other magazines.
Subject Brian Doyle is the author of three collections of essays: Credo, Saints Passionate and Peculiar, and (with his dad Jim Doyle) Two Voices.
www.smokebox.net /archives/interviews/doyle1202.html   (1322 words)

  
 The Looking Glass - Vol.3, No.2 - Looking Glass Lore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Blending comedy and tragedy with a dash of Dylan Thomas, a sprinkle of Shakespeare and a touch of blarney, Brian Doyle explores in each of his novels issues that are relevant to the lives of the young readers for whom he is writing.
Doyle has also explored throughout his career what it means to be a Canadian.
Doyle's books are in the tradition of mingling children and adults in a strained but ultimately liberating relationship.
www.the-looking-glass.net /rabbit/3.2/lore.html   (1509 words)

  
 Alabama Symphony Orchestra - Musicians - Brian Doyle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Brian Doyle joined the Alabama Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Principal Bass in 1997.
Brian plays on a bass by Abraham Prescott (@1875) and his bow is by Paul Jombar.
Brian has been the bass instructor for Samford University since January 2001.
www.alabamasymphony.org /musicians-doyle.html   (164 words)

  
 Bishop Aquatic Technologies, Inc.,Brian Doyle
Brian P. Doyle, co-founder and President of Doyle Group is a chartered accountant and a former senior partner with one of the world's largest accounting and advisory firms.
He has over 25 years of experience in providing financial advisory services including corporate finance valuations, mergers and acquisitions, forensic accounting, insolvency, restructuring, and reorganizations.
Doyle has handled many complex transactions in his career including assessment and consulting engagements to assist corporations through difficult financial circumstances in refinancing and financing for growth.
www.fukuina.com /consulting/brian_doyle.htm   (99 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Brian Doyle-Murray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Caddyshack is a 1980 US comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis and Douglas Kenney.
Waynes World is a 1992 comedy film starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth, hosts of a cable access television show from Aurora, Illinois.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Brian-Doyle_Murray   (806 words)

  
 frontline: faith and doubt at ground zero: questions of faith and doubt: leap | PBS
Stuart DeHann saw one woman's dress billowing as she fell, and he saw a shirtless man falling end over end, and he too saw the couple leaping hand in hand.
Brian Doyle is the editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland in Oregon.
Doyle's essays have been reprinted in the Best American Essays anthologies for 1998 and 1999.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/faith/questions/leap.html   (511 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Two Voices: A Father and Son Discuss Family and Faith: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jim Doyle, a columnist for Catholic New York, and his son Brian, the editor of Portland magazine, share their individual perspectives and common history of love, death, and family.
Brian Doyle has a wonderful talent for making every detail seem special, especially about his daughter Lily.
Brian's descriptions of his daughter were so vivid that it brought back memories of my own daughter early life.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0892439343?v=glance   (609 words)

  
 Brian Doyle-Murray - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Brian Doyle-Murray - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American comedian and actor from Chicago, Illinois.
This page was last modified 21:12, 7 Jun 2005.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Brian_Doyle-Murray   (163 words)

  
 Brian Doyle's press
...July 8th marks the “Experimental Directions” a filmmaker can take…featured during this week is Brian Doyle’s “The Light” which is already accumulating kudos wherever it is shown, according to [series Producer Garrison Botts].
Brian Doyle's video "Current" of tickertape floating through noisy, unpopulated urban canyons--shot during the 2000 Yankees ticker-tape parade--is the second reason to visit Vox Populi Gallery this month, the other being the Screwball exhibit (see Jan. 12 post).
What first appears to be a parade of some sort quickly begins to look like the aftermath of 9/11, but what Doyle really filmed was the 2000 ticker tape parade for the Yankees, which was in the heart of New York City.
home.earthlink.net /~bcdoyle/main/press.html   (1172 words)

  
 Uncle Ronald:0613103270:Doyle, Brian:eCampus.com
When his father finally tracked them down, it was Uncle Ronald and his clever horse, Second Chance Lance who made it possible for Mickey to ultimately reach the age of 112.
Brian Doyle shows again his ability to lace humor through tragic circumstances in Uncle Ronald, which deals movingly and seriously with an abusive, alcoholic father and the frightening role he plays in his family's life.
Doyle's portrait of the people of the Canadian Gatineau Hills and the gentle and hilarious
www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0613103270   (185 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Person : Brian Doyle-Murray : Biography
American actor/writer Brian Doyle-Murray began his professional performing career at Chicago's Second City comedy troupe.
Brian has also appeared to excellent effect in several of his brother Bill's starring features, most recently in the hilarious role of the lugubrious mayor of Punxsutawney in Groundhog Day (1993).
One of the staff writers of the earliest years of Saturday Night Live, Brian Doyle-Murray has remained active on television as a guest actor, as a regular on the 1991 sitcom Good Sports, and in such made for TV movies as Babe Ruth (1991).
www.vh1.com /movies/person/77743/bio.jhtml   (199 words)

  
 BFC Player Profile - BRIAN DOYLE
Brian the Tank Engine, Sids second in command.
Scores goals with any and all parts of his body and no one can doubt his commitment.
There is not a blade of grass on a football field in Tokyo that Brian hasn't covered, but then there isn't a blade of grass on a football field in Tokyo.
www.bfctokyo.com /old/profiles/BrianD.html   (104 words)

  
 SNL Newsbreak with Brian Doyle-Murray
Attorney General Clark, shown here in a courtroom artist's sketch, said he's an elected official and cannot be forced to withdraw from the trial.
Brian Doyle-Murray: Well, once again, it's been a big week in sports, and here to tell us all about it, is our own Joe Piscopo.
I remember when I was a young sportcaster at a small television station, when I interviewed a then-young fighter named Cassius Clay.
snltranscripts.jt.org /81/81hnews.phtml   (548 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Angel Square   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Doyle is best at capturing the feel of post-war Ottawa, with its wintry landscapes and ethnic strife.
Doyle has an eye for detail, and his writing style is appealing, with short crisp sentences.
Two small complaints are that the novel's humor is forced (a friend of Tommy's father shows up for a few pratfalls), and the mystery of the identity of the attacker is too easily solved.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0888996098   (720 words)

  
 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . WEB EXCLUSIVE . A Catholic Moment . June 14, 2002 | PBS
--> Catholic writers Brian Doyle and Richard Hague ponder the crisis in the Catholic Church and the mystery at the heart of Catholic life.
The most extraordinary moment of my Catholic lifetime was when little Angelo Roncalli politely grabbed the Church he loved by its ancient hoary arrogant throat and shook it until the dust fell like snow.
Brian Doyle is the editor of PORTLAND MAGAZINE at the University of Portland, Oregon's Catholic university.
www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/week541/dolan2.html   (1340 words)

  
 scribble, scribble, scribble… » Brian Doyle
rian Doyle is a friend, and the editor of the excellent Portland magazine, published by the University of Portland.
His work regularly appears in The American Scholar, twice has been selected for the annual Best American Essays anthology, and always merits attention, whether he’s writing about Van Morrison, Plutarch, prayer, the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, or everyday married life.
A Doyle essay is always an incisive, literate, meandering saunter over some piece of intellectual, literary, or emotional terrain that interests him.
dalekeiger.com /?p=46   (291 words)

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