Pádraig Ó Tuama

Pádraig Ó Tuama is an Irish poet, theologian, and broadcaster. He hosts Poetry Unbound from On Being Studios and has published critical and theological essays, a memoir, and multiple volumes of poetry. Kitchen Hymns was published in 2025 by Copper Canyon Press (published by Cheerio in the UK) and was shortlisted for a Lambda award. 44 Poems on Being with Each Other: A Poetry Unbound Collection (Canongate and W.W. Norton) was also published in 2025. Love Between Men is forthcoming in 2026.

Ó Tuama is a compelling writer and speaker. He holds an undergraduate and master’s degree in theology, with a PhD from the University of Glasgow in theology and creative writing. From 2014-2019 he was the leader of the Corrymeela Community, Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation community. He is on faculty at Yale Divinity School and lives in Connecticut on Quinnipiac land.