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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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The Kural The Safety of Edges

Body and Earth

A Joyful Book

March 14, 2025

Following the 2025 Chennai International Book Fair, The Times of India, which I was surprised to learn is the largest-selling English language newspaper in the world, invited me in for […]

Astonishing Glory at Singapore’s Tamil Cholai

April 23, 2023

I was delighted to speak about the beauty in and of the Kural for the first anniversary of the National Library Board’s Tamil Cholai in Singapore. Here are a few […]

A Heart That Smiles: A Kural Conversation with Gustavo Esteva

July 25, 2022

Gustavo Esteva

Friendship, Politics, and the Inspiration of Poetry With my friend Gustavo Esteva I explore the nature of real friendship, its relationship to politics in a time of upheaval, and the […]

In Service of the Unseen: A Kural Conversation with Michael Meade

June 24, 2022

Singing One’s Own Song in the World With storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology Michael Meade, I was delighted to speak about being known well, dying before you die, and […]

Sweeter Than Ambrosia: A Kural Conversation with Ian Boyden

June 20, 2022

Learning to Mirror Delight With artist, translator, and writer Ian Boyden, I was delighted to speak about children, the birthplace of empathy, and the joys of sulking and reunion as […]

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