A Reading by Professor Doyle & Professor Bean

The Department of English Language and Literature's Faculty Reading Series presents: A Reading by Professor Doyle & Professor Bean.

Darrin Doyle is the author of seven books of fiction, most recently the Novella Let Gravity Seize the Dead. On October 7, 2025, Tortoise Books released a 10^th anniversary 2^nd edition of his short story collection, The Dark Will End the Dark. His short stories have appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, Redivider, Blackbird, and other literary journals. He is a Professor of English and serves as the coordinator of Graduate Studies at Central Michigan University. He watches too many horror movies and has a cat named Ham. His website is www.darrindoyle.com. 

Jeffrey Bean is the author of three chapbooks and three full-length poetry collections. His most recent chapbook, Ella's Plan, was chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the 2022 Poet's Corner/Maine Media Chapbook Contest. His most recent full-length collection, Everywhere, Everywhere, was chosen by Robert Morgan for the 2024 Vern Rutsala Prize and published by Cloudbank Books. Recent poems appear in The Southern Review, Colorado Review, Poets.org, Sugar House Review, Poet Lore, and The Laurel Review, among other journals. He is a Professor of English at Central Michigan University, where he is a two-time winner of the Excellence in Teaching Award.