Five University of Portland students have been awarded $3,333 Brian Doyle Scholarships in Gentle & Sidelong Humor, having agreed to publicly share a project that “brings the community together in laughter, acts as a statement that the cultural bias to cruel humor and constant irony is shallow, promotes helpless giggling, and insists gently that true […]
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Brian Doyle Wins Oregon Book Award
Brian Doyle, marketing and communications, has won the 2016 Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature for his novel, Martin Marten, as part of this year’s Oregon Book Awards. The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc. for “the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary […]
Annual Scholarship Luncheon, April 12
The University will host its annual Scholarship Luncheon as part of Founders’ Day on Tuesday, April 12, in the Chiles Center. The invite-only luncheon provides an opportunity for scholarship donors and supporters to connect with the students they help to support. During the luncheon, the University will recognize the many alumni, parents, and friends whose […]
ReadUP Discussion Groups: “The Moor’s Account”
Three discussion groups for faculty and staff, led by Brian Doyle and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., will be held in the Clark Library conference room to talk about this year’s ReadUP selection, The Moor’s Account: Wednesday, February 3, 12 p.m. Thursday, February 4, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 9, 3:30 p.m. Pick the one that suits […]
Pacific Northwest Book Award Winner The Estimable Brian Doyle Reading, Jan. 19
Brian Doyle, award-winning essayist, novelist and editor of Portland magazine, will read from several of his new books at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January 19, in the Pilot House bookstore. Doyle is the author of many books of essays, poems, and fiction, among them the sprawling Oregon novel Mink River and the sea novel The […]
Brian Doyle Wins 2016 Pacific Northwest Book Award
Novelist, essayist, and Portland Magazine editor Brian Doyle has won a 2016 Pacific Northwest Book Award for his essay collection, Children and Other Wild Animals, according to the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. Described as “…quirky prose at once lyrical, daring, and refreshing…poignant but not pap, sharp but not sermons, and revelatory at every turn…there is […]
Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writer Martin Flanagan, Nov. 5
Renowned Australian writer Martin Flanagan will speak and read from his work as the fall 2015 guest of the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series. His talk will take place on Thursday, November 5, at 7 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons Boardroom, and is free and open to the public. Flanagan is the author of 13 books […]
“Taste And See” Fundraiser, March 21
The Garaventa Center is hosting “Taste and See,” an evening with Catholic winemakers as they share the ways in which their work is inspired by their faith, on Saturday, March 21, from 6-8 p.m. The evening includes wine tasting, delicious hors d’oeuvres, and stories from Portland Magazine’s Brian Doyle on his year of ambling and […]
Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writer Alice McDermott, Feb. 26
The renowned novelist and essayist Alice McDermott, who won the National Book Award for her novel Charming Billy, will visit the campus and read from her work on Thursday, February 26, at 7 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Her lecture is free and open to all faculty, staff, students, and the public. McDermott is the […]
Doyle Delivering Delightfully Droll Discourse, Oct. 30
Essayist, novelist, and Portland Magazine editor Brian Doyle will speak as part of the University’s Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series on Thursday, October 30, at 7 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. His talk will be free and open to all faculty, staff, students, and the public. Doyle is the author of many books of essays, poems, […]