Prolific ecumenical storyteller and poet dies at age 60
“Stories are food,” Brian Doyle said. Without them, talk is “all sales pitches and lies.”
Brian Doyle, an author and poet whose work frequently appeared in the Christian Century and other faith-based publications, died May 27 at his home in Lake Oswego, Oregon, at age 60. He had been diagnosed with brain cancer in November.
For 25 years he edited Portland magazine at the University of Portland, a Catholic school. The magazine has been ranked among the best university publications, and author Annie Dillard called it “the best spiritual magazine in the country.”
“Brian exemplified God’s grace by how he lived his life,” said Mark L. Poorman, the university president, in a statement. “He was a man filled with a sense of humanity and wonder, who was interested in everyone’s story and who saw everyone’s potential.”
