{"id":1589,"date":"2016-10-24T23:14:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T23:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erictrules.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1589"},"modified":"2017-08-29T17:55:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T17:55:19","slug":"about-trules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/erictrules.com\/about-trules\/","title":{"rendered":"About Trules"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trules is a native of New Yawk City and has been an artist for almost 50 years! Currently, he blogs<\/strong> for the Huffington Post<\/a> and the \u00a0Cultural Weekly<\/a>, and he has a new travel podcast<\/strong><\/a> called “e-travels with e. trules<\/a>“<\/strong>. In former lives he has been a modern dancer, solo performer, theater director & producer, poet, documentary filmmaker (“The Poet and the Con<\/a>“<\/strong>), and professional clown<\/a>. He ran for Mayor of NYC as clown candidate, Gino Cumeezi, in 1977 against Ed Koch, and finished 5th out of 4 candidates!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He is currently an Associate Professor of Theater Practice Emeritus at USC’s (University of Southern California’s) School of Dramatic Arts, from where he just retired after being\u00a0a\u00a0faculty member for 31 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>He has been a Fulbright Senior\u00a0Specialist in American Studies (Theater, 2008-13)\u00a0and an Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award winner. <\/span>“Trules”, as he known to his friends and colleagues, attempts to change the world, one student and one story at a time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He<\/span><\/span>\u00a0is also a TEDx\u00a0speaker on creativity and self-expression. See his talk “Jumping on the Train of Opportunity<\/a>“<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Trules met his Indonesian wife, Surya, on the magical island of Bali in 2000. They married on Valentines Day 2003 and brought their 8 year old nephew, Exsel, to LA from Sumatra in 2015. They officially adopted him in July, 2016. So although Trules is retired from USC, he now has a new full time job: being “Mr. Mom”. He likes it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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See\u00a0his full Bio, CV, and other groovy information in the sub-menus of “About Trules”.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The LA Times<\/u> has said about Trules’ work:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Trules is an original. He turns his vivid writing into dark\/comic lacerations building to the cosmic. His work reverberates with grit.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And the Edinburgh Scotsman:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Trules is an accomplished writer; he has both a feel for contemporary idiom and a poetic imagination that echoes the great American playwrights.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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