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Jacqueline Kudler

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Jacqueline Kudler (May 28, 1935 – June 13, 2024) was an American poet and educator who lived in Sausalito, California.[1][2]

Kudler died on June 13, 2024, at the age of 89.[3]

Writing

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In 1999, Kudler helped to found Sixteen Rivers Press, a poetry-publishing collective of which she remains a member.[4][5] Her first collection of poetry, The Sacred Precinct (ISBN 9780970737045), was published in 2004.[6] Easing Into Dark (ISBN 9780981981642), her second volume, came out in 2012.[7] Sixteen Rivers Press released her third and final collection, Ripenings (ISBN 9781939639356) posthumously in 2024.[8]

For many years she wrote hiking columns with her sister, Arlene Stark, that appeared in the Pacific Sun. A collection of their hikes, Walking from Inn to Inn (ISBN 978-0887420689), was published in 1986.[9]

The Marin Poetry Center awarded her its first Calliope Award for Lifetime Achievement in June, 2010.[10][11]

Teaching

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She helped to found North Bay School in 1971, and taught language arts there until 1982.[12][13]

She taught writing and literature at College of Marin starting in 1985.[14][15]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.marinij.com/obituaries/jacqueline-kudler-sausalito-ca/
  2. ^ "Sacred Precinct information page". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
  3. ^ Press, Sixteen Rivers (2024-08-28). "Announcement: Jacqueline Kudler - Sixteen Rivers Press". Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  4. ^ About Sixteen Rivers Press Archived December 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Rona Marech, "At Sixteen Rivers Press, the poetry flows freely," San Francisco Chronicle, August 2, 2002.
  6. ^ "Sacred Precinct information page". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
  7. ^ Easing Into Dark information page.
  8. ^ Ripenings: Poems, stillpointdigital.com
  9. ^ Don Adams, "Going by the Book," Los Angeles Times, July 27, 1986.
  10. ^ ""Jacqueline Kudler to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award," Marin Poetry Center Newsletter, March 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
  11. ^ "Calliope Lifetime Achievement Award Archived 2010-10-06 at the Wayback Machine," Pacific Sun, June 18, 2010]
  12. ^ David Kirp, Just Schools: The Idea of Racial Equality in American Education, University of California Press, 1983, pp. 194–216.
  13. ^ Jessica Mullins, "Residents Want to Age at Home," Marin Scope, April 21, 2010.
  14. ^ "Numerous Educational Opportunities for Seniors," San Francisco Chronicle, June 29, 1996.
  15. ^ "Jacqueline Kudler to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award Archived 2010-10-15 at the Wayback Machine," Marin Poetry Center Newsletter, March 2010.
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