Up Close and Personal: Padraig O’ Tuama

Pádraig Ó Tuama is an Irish poet, theologian, and conflict mediator — and one of the most distinctive literary voices working today. Host of the acclaimed Poetry Unbound podcast from On Being Studios and a professor at Yale Divinity School, his work weaves together language, faith, and the hard work of reconciliation. His books include Kitchen Hymns, In the Shelter, and Poetry Unbound: 44 Poems on Being with Each Other. He is a former leader of Corrymeela, Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation community.