Tag Archives: Every Man Jack

A Rocky Mountain Lullaby (For Dillon), by @jackaurquhart

Posted on September 18, 2013 by jaurquhart

©2013 by Jack A. Urquhart     (1115 words) September 17, 2013 Dear Dillon, Dear Son, I have been thinking about your early years, trying to remember some of the salient moments of your childhood, events that seem conspicuous in terms of … Continue reading →

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Book Review, George Saunders’ TENTH OF DECEMBER: In search of the deepest, dearest thing

Posted on February 20, 2013 by jaurquhart

By Jack A. Urquhart, ©2013  (1800 words) “We left home, married, had children of our own, found the seeds of meanness blooming also within us.” The foregoing line from “Sticks,” one of the dark (and darkly funny) morality tales in … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Urquhart’s Quickie Book Review: Tiny Beautiful Things, by Cheryl Strayed

Posted on December 7, 2012 by jaurquhart

©2012 by Jack A. Urquhart (320 words) I received Cheryl Strayed’s engaging, and often moving, Tiny Beautiful Things as a gift—one that (I’ll admit) I took my time in opening.  That is because normally an entire book devoted to real-life … Continue reading →

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