Maud Doyle

Writing and Journalism

FAVORITES

RESURRECTING THE MOSQUE OF BANJA LUKA | Most genocides are marked by the rewriting of history, but Serbian forces distinguished themselves by unmaking the landscape itself. Guernica, January 22, 2022

“WHAT THE EARTH SHALL YIELD”: THE SYRIAN WAR, SEED BANKS, AND THE COMING APOCALYPSE | “Years of drought will drive them, until they will be with you in your houses,” reads a hadith collected in Nu’aym ibn Hammad’s Kitab al-fitan, the Book of Tribulations, forecasting the migration crisis. “They will say, ‘How long it is that we have hungered while you were satisfied?’’ Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal, Issue no. 24: “Weather,” November 2019

THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL and THE MILLERTON NEWS

WITNESSING TOTALITY | Daytrip to a total eclipse. The Millerton News, April 17, 2024

SUSAN SERINO’S FIRST “STATE OF THE COUNTY” | After inviting the Heavenly Father to be the “esteemed honored guest” at the event, Apostolic Bishop Debra E. Gause of Holy Light Pentecostal Church, Poughkeepsie prayed that God grant Susan Serino “divine wisdom.” The Millerton News, March 19, 2024

SALISBURY PLANS TO TACKLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING | A well-documented and increasingly perilous shortage of teachers, healthcare workers, non-medical caretakers, emergency service volunteers belies the less obvious decline in qualified municipal workers, journalists and writers, non-profit professionals, small-business owners and entrepreneurs, and managers at local banks and other businesses. The Lakeville Journal, October 18, 2023

CELEBRATING SUKKOT WITH SCHAGHTICOKE STORIES | During Sukkot, a Jewish holiday that honors the land, it is important to acknowledge those who stewarded the land before the dispossession of the colonial period, said Adamah Farm Director Janna Siller. The Lakeville Journal, October 18, 2023

ANSWERING THE CALL: A LOOK AT LOCAL EMS VOLUNTEERISM | There’s an invaluable intimacy to medical care administered by neighbor volunteers—especially in emergent situations. But what if no one volunteers? The Lakeville Journal, September 6, 2023

SHARON HOSPITAL’S BID TO CLOSE MATERNITY UNIT DENIED | An appeal would continue a five-year battle between Sharon Hospital and members of the local community, led by Save Sharon Hospital, over maintaining the hospital’s labor and delivery services. The Lakeville Journal, August 30, 2023

HARPER’S

HARPER’S WEEKLY REVIEW, DEC. 26 2018 | “Mad Dog” Mattis resigned; Trump’s spiked slats forced a government shutdown; the baby Jesus is nailed to his manger in response to a spate of thefts. Harpers.com, December 2016

HARPERS WEEKLY REVIEW, OCT. 23 2018 | The Saudi government vacillates on what happened to Jamal Khashoggi; black senior citizens denied early voting in Georgia; some of the Museum of the Bible’s most valuable artifacts declared fakes. Harpers.com, October 2018

HARPER’S WEEKLY REVIEW, SEPT. 11 2018 | In FEAR, John F. Kelly, current White House chief of staff, complains “[Trump]’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.” Harpers.com, September 2018

HARPER’S WEEKLY REVIEW, AUG. 21 2018 | Omarosa publishes her White House memoir; US secretary of the interior blames California’s wildfires on environmental terrorists; avocado thefts sweep New Zealand. Harpers.com, August 21, 2018

REMAINS OF THE DAY | A Harper’s “Readings” compiled from descriptions of findings at Abel Beth Maacah, a site in northern Israel, near the Lebanese border. Harper’s, October 2018.

BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK

HOW MUCH THE GOVERNMENT REALLY COSTS YOU | The size and cost of federal government will be top of mind as the presidential contenders race toward 2016. Take the quiz to see how much you, and the candidates, know about where your tax dollars go. Bloomberg.com, August, 2015

MODERNIZING THE MILITARY PX | The Army PX gets a makeover and a lot of Michael Kors. Bloomberg Businessweek, November 2014