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
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.
THE SAFETY OF EDGES
Poems on Home, Childhood, Adulthood, and Love
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.
GIVE, EAT, AND LIVE
Translations from the 12th Century Tamil Woman, Poet, and Saint, Avvaiyar
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 | Red Hen Press | Powell’s | Barnes & Noble | Amazon (US)
Buy in Canada: Chapters | Amazon (CA)
Buy in the UK: 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, but they won’t be available until the publisher reissues this book in the summer of 2022. Click here to pre-order.
BODY AND EARTH
A Conversation between Artist 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.
A FEAST FOR THE TONGUE
A Field Guide for Students of Spoken Tamil and Spoken English
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.