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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
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Thiruvalluvar’s KURAL in Raag Delhi

November 14, 2021

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

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.” […]

“Forget no bond with the blameless”

September 18, 2021

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

The Chakkar, an Indian Arts Review, recently published four excerpts from my new translation of The Kural, Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural. You can read the chapters “Reading Faces,” “Gratitude,” “Hospitality,” and “Friendship” […]

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 […]

Lyric World: Conversations with Contemporary Poets

November 30, 2019

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, […]

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 […]

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