Jack London Foundation

Our guest speaker, Clarice Stasz, and "Person of the Year" is an emerita professor of history from Sonoma State University. Stasz has researched and written about Jack London for more than thirty years. She has written two books on London, along with many scholarly articles on his life and writings. Currently, she edits the content of a major Jack London website, sponsored by the Sonoma State University Libray [london.sonoma.edu]. Reporting on dicoveries she has made since the publication of her most recent work, Jack London's Women, this includes new information on Charmian Kittredge prior to her marriage to Jack London, as well as the significance of valet Yoshimatsu Nakata in the Londons' lives. Stasz also talked about her recent research at the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, California.