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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

  • Books
    • 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
    • Other Writings
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Performances

A Thousand Thanks

Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma performing "A Thousand Thanks"

In this original show with music, I use magic, story, and song to explore Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr.

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By Heart

Poster for By Heart: A Celebration of Words, Magic, and Memory

In this original solo performance, I combine poetry, magic, and story to explore how poets and poetry sing memory alive, join past, present, and future, and reveal the inner truths of our hearts.

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The Driftwood Bridge: An Offering of Story and Song

The Driftwood Bridge: An Offerings of Story and Song

My husband David Mielke and I are currently at work developing an original show about taking the seemingly random and sometimes difficult experiences that wash up on the shores of our lives and using them to carry us forward.

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