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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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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 Sunday, November 20, 2022. Here’s what they ran on the news later that evening.

Click on the picture below or visit https://seithi.mediacorp.sg/watch/tairaukakauralaai-maolaipaeyaratata-japapaanaiyara-629286.

Books by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
Poetry by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

“Here: A Poem in Five Parts” at Mukai Farm & Garden

June 26, 2022

I was honored to read “Here” for the Day of Exile 80th Anniversary Event at Mukai Farm & Garden on May 15, 2022. You can learn more about Mukai on their website: https://mukaifarmandgarden.org/

Books by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
Poetry by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

Thunder & Sweetness

June 15, 2022

I was honored to offer a talk in English and Tamil as the chief guest for the 2021 Awards Ceremony of the Tamil Literary Garden online on June 11, 2022.

Turn on subtitles for English translations of the Tamil sections.

You can also watch the complete Awards Ceremony here:

I invite you to learn more about my translation of the Kural as well as my translation of Avvaiyar, being issued in a second edition in 2022 by Red Hen Press.

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THE KURAL at InkAloud

December 19, 2021

On December 11, 2021, THE KURAL was featured in the Bushwick Bookclub Seattle‘s inaugural InkAloud event at Town Hall Seattle. Three marvelous musical groups created original compositions inspired by the translation.

Here is a direct link to my introduction to this portion of the evening:

The first group was Latha Sambamurti and students from The Temple of Music, performing original compositions by Lalitha Mohan & Violin Maestro Ganesh Rajagopalan. You can watch their delightful and inspiring performances here:

The second musician was Eric Lane Barnes, who composed three interlocking songs based on three verses from THE KURAL.

Here he teaches them to the live audience:

The third group was Nottingham/Wicks, a jazz duo who shared their own beautiful take on the spirit of THE KURAL:

My deep gratitude and appreciation to everyone involved!

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What is Cascadian Zen? A Talk at Seattle University

January 24, 2021

Talk delivered on February 15, 2020. Organized loosely around exploring the relationship between the Cascadian bioregion as it intersects with Zen ideas, practices, and aesthetics, Seattle University hosted a diverse group of writers interested in exploring the question of “What is Cascadian Zen?” through their poetic and/or philosophical writing.

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