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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

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Thiruvalluvar’s KURAL in Raag Delhi

November 14, 2021

Raag Delhi, an online magazine on politics, culture, and society, recently shared five chapters from my new translation of THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural: “Ministers,” “Farming,” “Forbearance,” “Giving,” and “Unworthy Conduct.”

Thiruvalluvar's KURAL: Some Excerpts from a New Translation by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

You can read the excerpts on their website:

https://www.raagdelhi.com/some-excerpts-from-thiruvalluvar-translation-by-thomas-pruiksma/

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“Forget no bond with the blameless”

September 18, 2021

The Chakkar, an Indian Arts Review, recently published four excerpts from my new translation of The Kural, Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural.

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

You can read the chapters “Reading Faces,” “Gratitude,” “Hospitality,” and “Friendship” on their website.

Free Performances in May and Wonder From Home

May 1, 2020

The Magic of Words in a Poet-Magician's Yurt

During the month of May I’m honored to present several online performances.

Cozy Grammar is offering free access to these two shows for the entire month:

  • A Thousand Thanks: The Gift of Sadako and Her Cranes, a show I wrote for the Family Series at Vashon Center for the Arts (VCA) about the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr.
  • By Heart: A Celebration of Words, Magic, and Memory, a show I premiered at Open Space for Arts and Community about how poets and poetry sing memory alive, join past, present, and future, and reveal what’s really in our hearts and minds.

You can learn more and access the performances on Cozy Grammar’s Free Resources page.

And if you’d like to share them with friends, please feel free to pass this information along.

A Thousand Thanks: The GIft of Sadako and Her Cranes

A Thousand Thanks: The Gift of Sadako and Her Cranes

By Heart: A Celebration of Words, Magic, and Memory

By Heart: A Celebration of Words, Magic, and Memory

I’m also happy to announce that the NPR recording of my January talk at Town Hall Seattle has been posted to KUOW’s website:

A world where poetry meets magic and wonder | John O’Brien

You’re welcome to share this as well or simply enjoy the recording in a spare moment should you so desire.

Wonder From Home

Last, in a new experiment for me, I’ve been asked by Atlas Obscura‘s “Wonder From Home” series to present a live event from home on Sunday, May 17th.

It’s called The Magic of Words in a Poet-Magician’s Yurt and will be an hour-long online interactive presentation and workshop, similar to one I recently offered at the Sahrdaya Foundation in Chennai, India.

Tickets are $10. You can read all about it on Altas Obscura’s website.

A headshot of Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

I hope that these days find you safely at home, discovering even amidst the uncertainty and tumble of events that there can also be wonder and surprise.

Warmly,

Thomas

Lyric World: Conversations with Contemporary Poets

November 30, 2019

Shin Yu Pai
Shin Yu Pai

I’m deeply honored to help inaugurate Lyric World: Conversations with Contemporary Poets, a new event series sponsored by Town Hall and curated by Shin Yu Pai.

On January 30, 2020, I’ll be reading and speaking about poetry and wonder. Jali Ibrahim Arsalan will also perform West African kora music and the poet Melanie Noel will facilitate an on-stage conversation.

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Kai Curry of the Northwest Asian Weekly recently featured the series in an article:

“Town Hall Seattle and KUOW series highlights AAPI poets”

The Seattle Review of Books also featured the event on their website:

Literary Event of the Week: Lyric World at Town Hall Seattle

And Paul Nelson of Seattle Poetics LAB recently interviewed me and curator Shin Yu Pai. You can read the interview in the South Seattle Emerald:

Shin Yu Pai’s Poetry Series Gets a Dose of Magic With Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

You can watch a video of the interview here:

October 13 at MindFair Books

September 12, 2019

MindFair Books in Oberlin, Ohio

Oberlin’s wonderful local bookstore, MindFair Books, will be hosting a reading of my new book, The Safety of Edges, at 1pm on Sunday, October 13, 2019. It’s a particularly delightful honor to be able to read in the town where I went to college.

You can read more about MindFair Books on their website and read more about the book on mine.

I’m looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones.

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