Jeremy Snyder

Jeremy Snyder is an American poet. He served as poet laureate of Vallejo, California from 2020 through 2023.

Background
Snyder was born in Vallejo, California, educated at the University of Montana, and served in the United States Navy.

Poetry
Jeremy Snyder began writing poetry at age 5. From 2018 through 2022, Snyder hosted a poetry open mic, Poetry by the Bay, at the downtown Oddfellows Hall and online. Poetry by the Bay was founded in 2008 by Kyrah Ayers. In 2023 Keith Thompson took over as show host, and the group now meets at the Mira Theatre. Snyder was appointed Vallejo’s poet laureate in January 2020 and served until December 31, 2023. In 2021 Snyder appeared on the Rooted in Poetry podcast, performed at a virtual benefit for the Solano County Library Foundation,   performed with his predecessors at Alibi Bookshop,  and with fellow San Francisco bay area poets laureate in Richmond, California. He hosted National Poetry Month celebrations at the Solano County Library in 2022 and Alibi Bookshop in 2023. 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.

Publications

 * Snyder, Jeremy, "Dirt," Gnashing Teeth Publishing, April 10, 2021
 * Lang, D.L. ed., Verses, Voices, & Visions of Vallejo 2019. ISBN 9781724462633