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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 Safety of Edges

Kural 45: The Tirukkural on Home, Love, and Virtue

January 4, 2022

If a life at home has love and virtue—that / Is its root and flower

A verse on what makes a home flourish. From chapter 5, “The Home Life.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 655: The Tirukkural on Having No Regrets

December 28, 2021

Do nothing to regret—but if you do / Do not regret it

A verse that shows the great practicality of the poet Tiruvalluvar. From chapter 66, “Purity of Action.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 78: The Tirukkural on Living with Love

December 21, 2021

Like a withered tree in the desert sprouting leaves—living / With no love in one’s heart

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

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 […]

Kural 95: The Tirukkural on Beauty

December 14, 2021

Humility and sweet speech adorn one in beauty— / All else does not

A verse on what makes a person beautiful. From chapter 10, “Sweet Speech.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

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