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BiographicaL note Brian Doyle is the editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland, in Oregon, and the author of ten books of essays, nonfiction , “proems,” and the sprawling novel Mink River. His work has appeared in the annual Best American Essays, Best Science & Nature Writing, and Best Spiritual Writing anthologies. He received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature in 2008, for murky reasons. ...

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