Love Between Men

Pádraig Ó 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." Ó Tuama's poems are reflective, exploring memory and memory's p...