Brian Doyle is the editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland – “the best spiritual magazine in the country,” according to Annie Dillard, clearly a woman of taste and discernment. Doyle is the author of five collections of essays, two nonfiction books (including The Grail, about a year in an Oregon vineyard), and collection of “proems” called Epiphanies & Elegies. His books have three times been finalists for the Oregon Book Award, and his essays have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Orion, The American Scholar, and in newspapers around the world. His essays have also four times been reprinted in the Best American Essays anthologies.