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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

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    • THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
    • The Safety of Edges
    • Give, Eat, and Live: Poems of Avvaiyar
    • Body and Earth
    • A Feast for the Tongue
    • Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo
    • Other Writings
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Books

I heartily encourage you to purchase these books through a local independent bookstore or IndieBound.

THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural

A New Translation of the Classical Tamil Masterpiece on Ethics, Power, and Love
THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural, a new translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, translated with a preface by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, foreword by Andrew Harvey, introduction by Archana Venkatesan

Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural is a guide to practicing compassion, goodness, and good sense in the nitty-gritty of daily life—from the life of the home, to the work of leaders, to the ways of love in our heart. Its great practicality, openness, and ecological wisdom make it astonishingly relevant to our time.

Buy in the US: IndieBound | Bookshop.org | Beacon Press | Powell’s | Barnes & Noble | Amazon (US)
Buy in Canada: IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon (CA)
Buy in the UK: Blackwell’s | Waterstones | Book Depository | Amazon (UK)
World: BookDepository | Amazon (FR) | Amazon (ES) | Amazon (IT) Amazon (DE) | Amazon (AU)
Signed Copies: You can also purchase signed copies directly from me. Click here to order.

Note: Beacon Press offers discounts to institutions and organizations purchasing larger numbers of copies for their members and for events. Contact their sales department at sales@beacon.org or 617-948-4399.

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THE SAFETY OF EDGES

Poems on Home, Childhood, Adulthood, and Love
Book cover for "The Safety of Edges," poems by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

A collection for anyone interested in how we honor the past, listen and grow, and embody our own highest possibilities. “A work of a compassionate discreteness, a generous simplicity, in which the hours of life are not lost but found.” —Peter Weltner

Buy in the US: IndieBound | Powell’s | Barnes & Noble | Amazon (US)
Buy in Canada: IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon (CA)
Buy in the UK: Waterstones | Blackwell’s | BookDepository | Amazon (UK)
World: BookDepository | Amazon (FR) | Amazon (ES) | Amazon (IT) | Amazon (DE) | Amazon (AU)
Signed Copies: You can also purchase signed copies directly from me. Click here to order.

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GIVE, EAT, AND LIVE

Translations from the 12th Century Tamil Woman, Poet, and Saint, Avvaiyar
Book cover of "Give, Eat, and Live: Poems of Avvaiyar," translated by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

A selection of poems translated from the 12th century Tamil poet Avvaiyar, arguably one of the most important female poets in Tamil’s two-thousand-and-five-hundred years of literary history. “Read these poems; eat these poems; give them away; live with them. They are a joy.” —Sam Hamill

Buy in the US: IndieBound | Bookshop.org | Powell’s | Barnes & Noble | Amazon (US)
Buy in Canada: Amazon (CA)
Buy in the UK: Blackwell’s | BookDepository | Amazon (UK)
World: BookDepository | Amazon (FR) | Amazon (ES) | Amazon (IT) | Amazon (DE)
Signed Copies: You can also purchase signed copies directly from me. Click here to order.

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BODY AND EARTH

A Conversation between Artist C.F. John and Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
Front cover of the book "Body and Earth," by C. F. John and Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

A living conversation on how body and earth connect in the light of current struggles, dilemmas, and predicaments. “This book has moved me so deeply that I don’t want to use cliché words like ‘profound’ or ‘great.’ I felt that I was present in the book when I read it.” —U. R. Anantha Murthy

Buy in India: Amazon (India)
At the moment, Body and Earth is for sale within the Indian Subcontinent, through Amazon India or in person at Elements India.
Outside of India, I sometimes have copies available. Please click here to request a signed copy.

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A FEAST FOR THE TONGUE

A Field Guide for Students of Spoken Tamil and Spoken English
Book Cover for "A Feast for the Tongue," by Dr. K. V. Ramakoti and Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

A book for students who wish to speak fluent, idiomatic, and colloquial Tamil. It offers a way to taste the sweetness of this living classical language. Not only American students of spoken Tamil, but also Tamil students of spoken English will find this book an essential guide for giving delight to the tongue.

Signed Copies: I have a limited number available of the first edition printing.
Please click here to request a signed copy.

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