Jeremy Snyder | |
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| Born | Vallejo, California [1] |
| Occupation | Poet laureate of Vallejo, California (2019-2023) |
| Alma mater | University of Montana [2] |
| Genre | poetry |
| Spouse | Erika Snyder [3] |
Jeremy Snyder is an American poet. He served as poet laureate of Vallejo, California from 2020 through 2023. [4] [1] [5]
Snyder was born in Vallejo, California, [4] educated at the University of Montana, [2] and served in the United States Navy. [2]
Jeremy Snyder began writing poetry at age 5. [3] From 2018 through 2022, Snyder hosted a poetry open mic, Poetry by the Bay, at the downtown Oddfellows Hall and online. [6] [1] [4] Poetry by the Bay was founded in 2008 by Kyrah Ayers. [1] In 2023 Keith Thompson took over as show host, and the group now meets at the Mira Theatre. [7] Snyder was appointed Vallejo’s poet laureate in January 2020 and served until December 31, 2023. [8] [9] [10] In 2021 Snyder appeared on the Rooted in Poetry podcast, [11] [12] performed at a virtual benefit for the Solano County Library Foundation, [13] [14] [15] performed with his predecessors at Alibi Bookshop, [16] [9] [17] and with fellow San Francisco bay area poets laureate in Richmond, California. [18] [19] [20] He hosted National Poetry Month celebrations at the Solano County Library in 2022 [21] and Alibi Bookshop in 2023. [22] Two women, Kathleen Herrmann and Jacalyn Eyvonne, were chosen as his successors, and he was preceded in office by D.L. Lang and Dr. Genea Brice. [23] [24] [25]
A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) of Arezzo were the first to be crowned poets laureate after the classical age, respectively in 1315 and 1342. In Britain, the term dates from the appointment of Bernard André by Henry VII of England. The royal office of Poet Laureate in England dates from the appointment of John Dryden in 1668.
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Jacalyn Evone Robinson known professionally as Jacalyn Eyvonne is an African-American poet and filmmaker. She serves concurrently with Kathleen Herrmann as poet laureate of Vallejo, California. Like their predecessors, Herrmann and Eyvonne host the Poetry in Notion poetry circle at the John F. Kennedy Library in Vallejo. The co-poets laureate plan to create a youth anthology in cooperation with the Vallejo Unified School District. The two poets have also performed together at the Mad Hatter Holiday Festival. Eyvonne is the author of 3 books, and her poems have appeared in anthologies in North America and the United Kingdom. In 2022 she placed second in the Jackson Book Festival poetry competition. In the 1990s she edited the magazine In the Company of Poets based in Oakland, California. Eyvonne earned her B.A. in Motion Pictures & Television from the Academy of Art University at San Francisco. She is a television producer at Vallejo Community Access Television, and the station awarded her film Arc Angels with Best Feature in 2018. Eyvonne is the founder of the Poetry and Monologues and KidsNFilm film festivals. On February 13, 2017, she was honored by the Indiana House of Representatives in Indiana House Resolution 18 for her film Stripes when it appeared at the Bill Johnson Black Film Festival. She served as a judge for the 2017 North Bay Art & Film Festival.
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