Name: The Vanderbilt Reading Series: Pádraig Ó Tuama, Poetry
Start: 2026-04-24T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-24T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Special Collections and University Archives

$The Vanderbilt Reading Series: P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Tuama, Poetry$

Join us for a night of powerful poetry with Poet Pádraig Ó Tuama!
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Vanderbilt Reading Series: Pádraig Ó Tuama, Poetry

Join us in person for a poetry reading with Pádraig Ó Tuama. Dive deep into powerful verses from his latest collection Kitchen Hymns and connect with other writers in the Nashville community. We hope to see you there!

11:30 - Literary Salon

12:00 - Reading

1:00 - Book Signing

Special Collections and University Archives

1101 19th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212

Pádraig Ó Tuama’s poetry and prose center around themes of language, power, conflict and religion. His work has won acclaim in circles of poetry, politics, psychotherapy and conflict analysis. His published work is in the fields of poetry, anthology, essay, memoir, theology and conflict. , Pádraig’s poems have been featured in Poetry Ireland Review, Ploughshares, , Harvard Review, New England Review, Kenyon Review, and as . Pádraig has told stories at The Moth, has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, has presented programs on poetry and language for BBC Radio 4; and has extended interviews with On Being, Kim Hill on Radio NZ, and Soul Search on Radio National (Australia). In addition, he has interviewed poets and public figures including former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, Fady Joudah, Hanif Abdurraqib, The Edge, Sarah Perry, Joy Harjo, Billy Collins and Martin Hayes.

The Gertrude C. and Harold S. Vanderbilt Reading Series is named in honor of Vanderbilt founder Cornelius Vanderbilt’s great-grandson and his wife. Each semester, the series brings several professional writers to campus to read from their works and visit classes. This unique and extraordinary program gives English department students and faculty, the Vanderbilt community, and Nashville’s citizens a chance to meet and talk with some of the best writers of our day.

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