P?draig ? Tuama’s Love between Men questions beginnings, from Eden myth, to personal memory, and the extensions of empire. Reimagining the story of Genesis, the prototypical Adam, Eve, gardens, and angels are reframed and given unexpectedly abrasive voice, beginnings are recounted as humans struggle to become themselves against the mirror of history. In richly contemplative voice, the theologian examines “what the gaze is for.” ? Tuama’s poems are reflective, exploring memory and memory’s pain; queerness and country-each with borderlines of anguished history; the encroachment of empire, down to the forced imposition of language its complex lines of oppression. Throughout the collection, ? Tuama employs diverse forms, including the sonnet, the villanelle, sequences, odes and the elegies, written in direct language that echoes everyday speech as easily as it does prayer.
Author: Pádraig Ó. Tuama
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 09/22/2026
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9781556597152
Language: English
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.