“It’s more important than ever before to hold hands and catch and share stories of substance and grace and defiant courage and irrepressible humor. The alternative is to allow nothing in our lives but sales pitches and lies.” —Brian Doyle

This is a panel discussion of Brian’s genius that follows the dramatic reading, “Kissing the Joy as It Flies: the Wit and Wisdom of Brian Doyle.” On the panel are his wife, artist Mary Miller Doyle, and two of his close friends, Oregon nature writer Robin Cody and William Baars, former director of the Lake Oswego Library; Mike Feinstein is the moderator.