Jacqueline Kudler Explained

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

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, was published in 2004.^[6] Easing Into Dark, her second volume, came out in 2012.^[7] Sixteen Rivers Press released her third and final collection, Ripenings 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, was published in 1986.^[9]

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

Teaching

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]}

External links

• Sacred Precinct page on sixteenriverspress.org

Notes and References

1. https://www.marinij.com/obituaries/jacqueline-kudler-sausalito-ca/
2. Web site: Sacred Precinct information page. . 2010-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728025616/http://www.sixteenrivers.org/books_authors/sacred_precinct.asp . 2011-07-28 . dead .
3. Web site: Press . Sixteen Rivers . 2024-08-28 . Announcement: Jacqueline Kudler - Sixteen Rivers Press . 2024-10-05 . en-US.
4. http://www.sixteenrivers.org/about.asp About Sixteen Rivers Press
5. Rona Marech, "At Sixteen Rivers Press, the poetry flows freely," San Francisco Chronicle, August 2, 2002.
6. Web site: Sacred Precinct information page. . 2010-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728025616/http://www.sixteenrivers.org/books_authors/sacred_precinct.asp . 2011-07-28 . dead .
7. http://www.sixteenrivers.org/wordpress/jacqueline-kudler/ Easing Into Dark information page.
8. https://stillpointdigital.com/book/ripenings/ Ripenings: Poems
9. Don Adams, "Going by the Book," Los Angeles Times, July 27, 1986.
10. Web site: "Jacqueline Kudler to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award," Marin Poetry Center Newsletter, March 2010. . 2010-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101015035957/http://www.marinpoetrycenter.org/newsletter/2010_March.htm . 2010-10-15 . dead .
11. "Calliope Lifetime Achievement Award," 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," Marin Poetry Center Newsletter, March 2010.