Brian Doyle (1956–2017), a longtime editor of Portland Magazine  at the University of Portland, Oregon, published more than a dozen works of fiction, nonfiction, and prose poetry. His essays appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, AGNI, The American Scholar, and The Sun Magazine, and in prize anthologies such as The Best American Essays, The Best American Science & Nature Writing, and The Best American Spiritual Writing. He won three Pushcart Prizes, the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the John Burroughs Award for Nature Essays, and the John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Nature Writing.