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About jaurquhart

Jack Andrew Urquhart was born in the American South. Following undergraduate work at the University of Florida, Gainesville, he taught in Florida's public schools. He earned a Master of Arts degree in English, Creative Writing, from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he was the winner of the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Award for Fiction (1991). His work has appeared online at Clapboard House Literary Journal, Crazyhorse Literary Journal, and Standards: The International Journal of Multicultural Studies. He is the author of So They Say, a collection of self-contained, inter-connected stories and the short story, They Say You Can Stop Yourself Breathing. Formerly a writing instructor at the University of Colorado’s Writing Program, Mr. Urquhart was, until 2010, a senior analyst for the Judicial Branch of California. He resides in Washington State.

On Parental Distance and Disappointment

Here is, perhaps, a bit of parental heresy: my two adult children live on the other side of the continent and, at least for now, I like it that way.  This comes not from any lack of love on my … Continue reading →

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Seeking Super-sales-dom?

Natural born introverts do not make great salespersons, much less dynamic front persons.  That is what I keep telling myself—what the scared part of me would really like to believe.  Best to focus on writing stories, shy-retiring Jack argues; that … Continue reading →

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Does It Ever Get Any Easier?

This morning I completed the last of my four weekly runs—4.2 miles according to Nike+.  I took the same route I’ve been following for six months—about a third of it uphill, the rest a mix of flat and gentle grades.  … Continue reading →

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