Found Moments: Brian Doyle

"Worried Man notes the hour - golden russet slanting light, the hour when the angle of the sun heading toward the ocean illuminates everything seemingly from inside, so that plants glow greenly with their bright green souls naked to the naked joyous eye."   (page 35)

"Rained gently last night, just enough to wash the town clean, and then today a clean crisp fat spring day, the air redolent, the kind of green minty succulent air you'd bottle if you could and snort greedily on bleak wet January evenings when the streetlights hzzzzt on at four in the afternoon and all existence seems hopeless and sad."   (page 38)

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Mink River
a novel by Brian Doyle

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Mink River is set in a small town on the Oregon coast. Doyle's writing is compelling, seeming to physically drag the eye across the page. His rendition of Oregon's rich, damp, pervasive greenness makes me nostalgic for the years I spent working on my PhD at Oregon State University.

While looking for links for this post, I learned Brian Doyle underwent surgery for a brain tumor in November 2016. You can learn more and support his family on their gofundme page.