Denis Boyles was a journalist, editor, university lecturer and the author/editor of several books of poetry, travel/history, criticism, humor, practical advice and essays, including Design Poetics (1975), The Modern Man's Guide to Life (1986), African Lives (1989), Man Eaters Motel (1991), A Man's Life: The Complete Instructions (1996), The Pocket Professor series (2001) and Vile France (2005), a satirical examination of French elites. His work has appeared in many American and European magazines and newspapers.
As an editor, he edited an "underground" newspaper in Baltimore in the '60s. He taught in Baltimore, London and Dublin, then served on the editorial staff of Crawdaddy, The New York Times Magazine, National Lampoon, Playboy, and Men's Health, where he was a popular columnist and a National Magazine Award finalist. He served as editorial director for several digital publishers, including Novo Media and Third Age Media, and from 2010 to 2013 was a juror for the University of Missouri Journalism School-administered City and Regional Magazine Association competition. For several years he wrote commentary on the European press in a column for National Review Online, and was a contributor to the 2009 Oxford Encyclopedia of Human Rights. In 2008, he wrote Superior, Nebraska, a book about Midwestern political and social values (Doubleday) and in 2009, he co-wrote a documentary film, Femmes de Soldats, with French journalist Alain Hertoghe for Kuiv Productions Paris. Boyles recently completed a history of the creation and compilation of the Encyclopædia Britannica's 11th edition (1910) for Knopf. He resides in France, where he taught at The Brouzils Seminars, a graduate and undergraduate writing and creative arts program. In 2009, with philosopher Anthony O'Hear OBE, he launched The Fortnightly Review's "New Series", of which he is currently co-editor (with Prof. Alan Macfarlane), and editor of its book imprint, Odd Volumes. From 2012-2015, he was a visiting fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of Buckingham. In 2015, he joined the faculties of the Chavagnes Studium, where he teaches literature courses and tutors senior students in literature and philosophy, and l’Institut Catholique d’Études Supérieures in La Roche sur Yon (I.C.E.S., the University of the Vendée), where he teaches graduate courses in journalism. His MA was awarded by the graduate Writing Seminars at the Johns Hopkins University; his PhD is from the Communications and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) of the University of Westminster in London. He died on 6 November of 2023.
Bibliographyedit
Design Poetics (1975)
The Modern Man's Guide to Life (1986)
African Lives (1989)
Man Eaters Motel and Other Stops on the Railway to Nowhere (1991)
The Modern Man's Guide to Modern Women (1993)
A Man's Life: The Complete Instructions (1996)
The Lost Lore of a Man's Life (1997)
The Pocket Professor's guides (religion, physics, philosophy, economics) (as series editor) (2001)
Vile France (2005)
Superior, Nebraska: The Common-Sense Values of America's Heartland (2008); Revised and republished as The Republican River: Democracy in Middle America (2018) ISBN9781732900905
Everything Explained That Is Explainable: On the Creation of the Encyclopædia Britannica's Celebrated Eleventh Edition (2016), ISBN0307269175
denis, boyles, journalist, editor, university, lecturer, author, editor, several, books, poetry, travel, history, criticism, humor, practical, advice, essays, including, design, poetics, 1975, modern, guide, life, 1986, african, lives, 1989, eaters, motel, 199. Denis Boyles was a journalist editor university lecturer and the author editor of several books of poetry travel history criticism humor practical advice and essays including Design Poetics 1975 The Modern Man s Guide to Life 1986 African Lives 1989 Man Eaters Motel 1991 A Man s Life The Complete Instructions 1996 The Pocket Professor series 2001 and Vile France 2005 a satirical examination of French elites His work has appeared in many American and European magazines and newspapers As an editor he edited an underground newspaper in Baltimore in the 60s He taught in Baltimore London and Dublin then served on the editorial staff of Crawdaddy The New York Times Magazine National Lampoon Playboy and Men s Health where he was a popular columnist and a National Magazine Award finalist He served as editorial director for several digital publishers including Novo Media and Third Age Media and from 2010 to 2013 was a juror for the University of Missouri Journalism School administered City and Regional Magazine Association competition For several years he wrote commentary on the European press in a column for National Review Online and was a contributor to the 2009 Oxford Encyclopedia of Human Rights In 2008 he wrote Superior Nebraska a book about Midwestern political and social values Doubleday and in 2009 he co wrote a documentary film Femmes de Soldats with French journalist Alain Hertoghe for Kuiv Productions Paris Boyles recently completed a history of the creation and compilation of the Encyclopaedia Britannica s 11th edition 1910 for Knopf He resides in France where he taught at The Brouzils Seminars a graduate and undergraduate writing and creative arts program In 2009 with philosopher Anthony O Hear OBE he launched The Fortnightly Review s New Series of which he is currently co editor with Prof Alan Macfarlane and editor of its book imprint Odd Volumes From 2012 2015 he was a visiting fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of Buckingham In 2015 he joined the faculties of the Chavagnes Studium where he teaches literature courses and tutors senior students in literature and philosophy and l Institut Catholique d Etudes Superieures in La Roche sur Yon I C E S the University of the Vendee where he teaches graduate courses in journalism His MA was awarded by the graduate Writing Seminars at the Johns Hopkins University his PhD is from the Communications and Media Research Institute CAMRI of the University of Westminster in London He died on 6 November of 2023 Bibliography editDesign Poetics 1975 The Modern Man s Guide to Life 1986 African Lives 1989 Man Eaters Motel and Other Stops on the Railway to Nowhere 1991 The Modern Man s Guide to Modern Women 1993 A Man s Life The Complete Instructions 1996 The Lost Lore of a Man s Life 1997 The Pocket Professor s guides religion physics philosophy economics as series editor 2001 Vile France 2005 Superior Nebraska The Common Sense Values of America s Heartland 2008 Revised and republished as The Republican River Democracy in Middle America 2018 ISBN 9781732900905 Everything Explained That Is Explainable On the Creation of the Encyclopaedia Britannica s Celebrated Eleventh Edition 2016 ISBN 0307269175External links editNational Review archive Denis Boyles The Brouzils Seminars University of Buckingham I C E S CAMRI University of Westminster The Fortnightly Review Femmes de Soldats production notes Appearances on C SPAN Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Denis Boyles amp oldid 1187265595, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
