Lecture | Storytelling through Poetry

Join poet Pádraig Ó Tuama as he reads and discusses story-based poems of his own (and some from others), exploring the dynamics of narrative in a poem: what it is that a poem can bring to the form of story, and what it is that a poem excises, or expects from the reader.

Pádraig Ó Tuama (b. 1975 Cork, Ireland) is a poet with interests in conflict, language and religion. He presents Poetry Unbound from On Being Studios, and has published two anthologies (2022, 2025, both with WW Norton) from that podcast. In early 2025 Copper Canyon Press published Kitchen Hymns, his fourth poetry collection. A freelance artist, one of Ó Tuama’s projects is poet in residence with the Cooperation and Conflict Resolution Center at Columbia University. He splits his time between Belfast and New York City.

This program takes place in Gilder Lehrman Hall on the Ground Floor. Doors to the Hall will open 30 minutes before the program begins. Attendees are invited to view the exhibition Come Together: 3000 Years of Stories and Storytelling from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.

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