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Denis Boyles is 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 launched an "underground" newspaper in Baltimore in the '60s then served on the editorial staff of
Crawdaddy The Crawdaddy Club was a music venue in Richmond, Surrey, England, which opened in 1963. The Rolling Stones were its house band in its first year and were followed by The Yardbirds. Several other notable British blues and rhythm and blues acts a ...
,
The New York Times Magazine ''The New York Times Magazine'' is an American Sunday magazine Supplement (publishing), supplement included with the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times''. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted man ...
, National Lampoon,
Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. K ...
, and
Men's Health ''Men's Health'' (''MH''), published by Hearst, is the world's largest men's magazine brand, with 35 editions in 59 countries. It is also the best-selling men's magazine on U.S. newsstands. Started as a men's health magazine by Rodale, Inc. ...
, where he was a popular columnist. 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 The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...
Journalism School-administered
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competition. For several years he wrote commentary on the European press in a column for ''
National Review ''National Review'' is an American conservative editorial magazine, focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs. The magazine was founded by the author William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955. Its editor-in-chief i ...
'' Online, and was a contributor to the 2009
Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
Encyclopedia of Human Rights. In 2008, he wrote ''
Superior, Nebraska Superior is a city in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the city population was 1,957. Superior bills itself as the "Victorian Capital of Nebraska", and holds a ...
'', a book about
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political and social values ( Doubleday) and in 2009, he co-wrote a documentary film, ''Femmes de Soldats'', with French journalist
Alain Hertoghe Alain Hertoghe (born 1959) is a Belgian journalist, formerly an employee of the French Catholic newspaper ''La Croix''. He was fired in December 2003 after writing a book critical of the coverage of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by French newspapers ' ...
for Kuiv Productions Paris. Boyles recently completed a history of the creation and compilation of the
Encyclopædia Britannica The (Latin for "British Encyclopædia") is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It is published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; the company has existed since the 18th century, although it has changed ownership various time ...
's 11th edition (1910) for
Knopf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. () is an American publishing house that was founded by Alfred A. Knopf Sr. and Blanche Knopf in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in ...
. He resides in
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
, where he taught at The Brouzils Seminars, a graduate and undergraduate writing and creative arts program. In 2009, with philosopher
Anthony O'Hear Anthony O'Hear (born 1942 in Cleethorpes) is a British philosopher. He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham and Head of the Department of Education. He is Honorary Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and editor of ...
OBE, he launched
The Fortnightly Review ''The Fortnightly Review'' was one of the most prominent and influential magazines in nineteenth-century England. It was founded in 1865 by Anthony Trollope, Frederic Harrison, Edward Spencer Beesly, and six others with an investment of £9,000; ...
's "New Series", of which he is currently co-editor (with Prof.
Alan Macfarlane Alan Donald James Macfarlane (born 20 December 1941 in Shillong, Meghalaya, India) is an anthropologist and historian, and a Professor Emeritus of King's College, Cambridge. He is the author or editor of 20 books and numerous articles on th ...
), 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 , mottoeng = Flying on Our Own Wings , established = 1973; as university college1983; as university , type = Private , endowment = , administrative_staff = 97 academic, 103 support , chance ...
. In 2015, he joined the faculties of the
Chavagnes Studium The Chavagnes Studium is an English-speaking international centre for the study of the Liberal Arts, founded in 2002 as part of Chavagnes International College, an educational institution in the Vendée in the west of France. The Studium support ...
, 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 La Roche-sur-Yon () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is the capital of the department. The demonym for its inhabitants is ''Yonnais''. History The town expanded significantly after Na ...
(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 Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...
; his doctorate is from the Communications and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) of the
University of Westminster , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...
in London.


Bibliography

* ''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 Professors 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) * ''Everything Explained That Is Explainable: On the Creation of the Encyclopædia Britannica's Celebrated Eleventh Edition'' (2016),


External links


National Review archive

Denis Boyles

The Brouzils Seminars

University of Buckingham

I.C.E.S.

CAMRI

University of Westminster

The Fortnightly Review


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