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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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Kural Conversations

Interviews about The Kural: Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural.

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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 […]

Between Silence and Speech: A Kural Conversation with Shin Yu Pai

May 29, 2022

Shin Yu Pai

The Fruits of Right Speech With the award-winning writer, photographer, editor, and curator Shin Yu Pai, I was delighted to speak about awareness, silence, fruit, and thunder as reflected in […]

In The Ashes With You: A Kural Conversation with Gareth Higgins

April 7, 2022

Gareth Higgins

The Wealth and Wonder of Relatedness With Gareth Higgins, storyteller and author of How Not to Be Afraid, I was delighted to speak about compassion, community, guilt, and the ripple […]

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