![]() ![]() ![]() Ó Tuama is known for integrating themes of language, power, conflict and religion. “Having an opportunity to collaborate and co-create events with faculty, staff and students on the campus is a delight to anticipate: bringing fields of literature, religion, peace-work and language together.” “I’ve heard of EMU for years - and have always wanted to be part of something at the campus,” said Ó Tuama. ![]() 14-18, including a live-streamed Writer’s Read event, a virtual coffee and conversation time with pastors, chapels, a colloquium, and gatherings with small student groups, including Safe Space and the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. Ó Tuama will engage with the EMU community in several settings during his virtual tour from Sept. His book In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World (Hodder & Stoughton, 2015) is this year’s Common Read selection, one book the campus community is encouraged to read, reflect on, and engage with. ![]() Next month, you can hear the voice of this poet, theologian, and mediator on his virtual five-day visit to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks softly, soothingly, with just a touch of grit in his gentle Irish accent. ![]()
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