Controversial poet to speak at Notre Dame | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Controversial poet to speak at Notre Dame Controversial poet to speak at Notre Dame Published: November 14, 2002 Author: Michael O. Garvey Tom Paulin, poet and G.M. Young Lecturer in English Literature at Oxford University’s Hertford College, will give a lecture entitled “William Blake, Irish Visionary: His Influence on Yeats, Joyce and Van Morrison” at 7 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 21) in the University of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Center auditorium.p. Paulin, a native of Leeds, England, was raised in Belfast. He has edited numerous award-winning collections of poetry, including “The Faber Book of Political Verse” and “The Faber Book of Vernacular Verse.” The first of his five books of poetry, “A State of Justice,” received the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1977. His most recent collection, “The Invasion Handbook,” was published last year.p. TopicID: 2730 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn