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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

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    • The Safety of Edges
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Tirukkural Verses, Interviews, and Reviews

From and about The Kural: Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural.

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Kural 76: The Kural on Love and Wrongdoing

December 6, 2022

It serves only virtue say those who don’t know—but love / Is friend to wrong too

A verse on having love and what love befriends. From chapter 8, “Having Love.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 452: The Kural on Nature, Company, and Knowledge

November 29, 2022

The nature of earth alters water—the nature / Of company alters what we know

A verse on the interconnections between nature, company, and knowledge. From chapter 46, “Freedom from Smallness.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 1157: The Kural on Love, Absence, and Longing

November 22, 2022

Do these bangles that slip from my wrists not say / This captain is sailing

A verse on the anguish of separation. From chapter 116, “Unbearable Absence.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Tamil Featurette on Mediacorp Tamil News in Singapore

November 22, 2022

Mediacrop Tamil News in Singapore came to film the premiere of my new show, Riches of the Ear: A Celebration of Words and Wonder at the Singapore Writers Festival on […]

Kural 671: The Kural on Debate, Resolve and Discipline

November 15, 2022

Resolve is the end of debate—bad / To let resolve languish

A verse on true leadership and good governance. From chapter 68, “Ways of Action.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

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