Jacqueline Kudler (May 28, 1935 – June 13, 2024) was an American poet and educator who lived in

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

Writing

In 1999, Kudler helped to found Sixteen Rivers Press, a poetry-publishing collective of which she remains a member. Her first collection of poetry, ''

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'' (), was published in 2004. '' Easing Into Dark'' (), her second volume, came out in 2012. Sixteen Rivers Press released her third and final collection, '' Ripenings'' () posthumously in 2024. 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. The Marin Poetry Center awarded her its first Calliope Award for Lifetime Achievement in June, 2010.

Teaching

She helped to found North Bay School in 1971, and taught language arts there until 1982. She taught writing and literature at

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starting in 1985.Jacqueline Kudler to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
," Marin Poetry Center Newsletter, March 2010.

References

External links

''Sacred Precinct'' page on sixteenriverspress.org
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