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Jaykub Allen Hurley (June 24, 1983 – May 28, 2008) was an American author of short fiction. Hurley was a native of Oakland, California and published stories in ''Southern Review'' and ''Mid-American Review''. He died in an accidental hit and run while walking alone on a country road in Missoula, Montana on May 28, 2008. ==Biography== Jaykub Allen Hurley was born in Oakland, California, the youngest of four children of Goeffrey Allen Hurley and Wilhelmina Thomson. Hurley was raised in the 85th Avenue of the Brookfield District in what is known as Deep East Oakland, an area known for having the highest rates of criminal and drug activity in the entire Bay Area. Hurley’s father made a living, as a bartender while also aspiring to be a jazz musician while his mother was a secretary before an injury forced her early retirement. Hurley graduated from Oakland High School’s Visual Arts Academy in 2002. He briefly attended New York University’s Steinhart Department of Art and Art Development. As a sophomore Hurley studied human development in art before transferring to Merritt College where he instead completed a bachelor’s degree in Education in 2006. After graduating from Merrit College he began working for the Oakland Unified School District teaching English. As a graduate student, Hurley studied at The University of Montana’s creative writing program under Judy Blunt, Peter Orner, Kevin Canty, and Pregeeta Sharma. Shortly before his death, Hurley attended VONA: The Voices Summer Writing Workshop for Writers of Color in San Francisco. He studied under ZZ Packer. While at The University of Montana, Hurley deliberately styled himself as an “artist who writes,”〔"VONNA: Why I Write" by J. Allen Hurley〕 and his reticent sensibility often caused him to distance himself from the rest of the writers. Hurley was a devote fan of jazz music but also a fan of the hip-hop music of A Tribe Called Quest and the music of Nina Simone who he often referred to as his “musical muse”.〔"VONNA: Why I Write" by J. Allen Hurley〕 Hurley died in a hit a run in Missoula, Montana. His death caused a controversy as officials originally labeled his accident as a suicide although the Missoula Police Department had substantial evidence leading to a hit and run accident. Although, it was a hit and run accident, many of his friends and acquaintances acknowledge Hurley’s penchant for walking alone on dark country roads as he felt his ideas “flowed better while floating in the darkness and blanketed by a starry sky.”〔Thompson, Whitney, (June 10, 2008) "Dynamic Bay Area Writer Dies in Montana Hit And Run," San Francisco Weekly〕 Hurley was buried in Oakland, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jaykub Allen Hurley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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