Hosted by Eric Sneathen
Join us for an invigorating evening of creativity at Literary Cabaret, part of the Summer Writers residency at Banff Centre. Across three nights, explore intimate readings of groundbreaking poetry and prose by participants and faculty mentors.
This chapter is hosted by Eric Sneathen, a poet and queer literary historian. Sneathen is the author of Snail Poems (2016) and Don’t Leave Me This Way (2023). With Lauren Levin, he edited Honey Mine (2021), the selected fictions of Camille Roy.
Enjoy a drink from the bar, browse a curated selection of books at Pages Books, and immerse yourself in the vibrant literary atmosphere. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., with readings starting at 7:00 p.m. Afterward, mingle with the writers and faculty until 9:30 p.m. Don’t miss this chance to experience the future of creative writing.
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Eric Sneathen
Dr. Eric Sneathen is a poet and queer literary historian living in Alameda, CA. He is the author of Don't Leave Me This Way (Nightboat Books, 2023), Minor Work (MO0ON/IO, 2021), and Snail Poems (Krupskaya, 2016). With Lauren Levin, he co-edited the selected fictions of Camille Roy, Honey Mine (Nightboat Books, 2021). He received his PhD in Creative-Critical Studies from UC Santa Cruz in 2022, and his essays, reviews, and interviews have been published by Jacket2, SF MoMA's Open Space, Poetry Foundation, and Social Text Online. With Daniel Benjamin he organized Communal Presence: New Narrative Writing Today and edited The Bigness of Things: New Narrative and Visual Culture. He has worked with a number of small presses in the San Francisco Bay Area; new titles are forthcoming from his and Noah Ross's press, SPUNK Editions.