On February 3, USIP hosted a conversation with conflict mediator, acclaimed poet and host of the popular podcast “Poetry Unbound" Pádraig Ó Tuama and bestselling author and Washington Post columnist Amanda Ripley. The discussion reflected on how poetry and language can capture the destruction of conflict, as well as how the arts can help build peace.

Pádraig Ó Tuama, keynote remarks
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Poet-in-Residence, International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, Columbia University

Amanda Ripley
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Washington Post columnist and author

Kathleen Kuehnast, moderator 
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Director, Gender Policy and Strategy, Center for Thematic Practices, U.S. Institute of Peace

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/poetry-war-and-peace