Mary Rudge

Mary Roberta Rudge (March 30, 1928 – January 19, 2014) was a Bay Area poet and prose author. She was Poet Laureate of Alameda, and

She co-wrote For the Love of Jack London: His ife with Jennie Prentiss; a true love story with Eugene Lasartemay, about Jack London and his foster mother, Jennie Prentiss.

Rudge was active in the Ina Coolbrith Circle and the Jack London Society, as well as the Association of California Poet Laureates. 1

Rudge read her work at the Lillian Paley Center for the Arts (CVA), and the photo on the cover of her book, Beat She Can't Be Beat was taken at the CVA.

Links and References Alameda: Mary Rudge, beloved Island's poet laureate, dies at 85 Contra Costa Times January 22, 2014 Mary Rudge Books website Mary Rudge - In Memoriam