LitClub: Chakudya Cham'mawa Choopsa
New Orleans, Louisiana 
NGATI MUKUGANIZA kuti anthu okonda mabuku ndi okonda kupumula, ganiziraninso. Gululi limaika zilembozo m'gulu la mabuku. Koma musalole zimenezo kukupusitsani... amawerenga mozama.
Dzina lanu ndi laling'ono, um.... Chabwino, tiuzeni momwe mwapezera zimenezo.
Ndi mawu akale a slang omwe tidawapeza pa makadi ena akale—gwiritsani ntchito mawu akuti, "Botox iyi idzakuchotsani makwinya kuyambira kalekale mpaka m'mawa."
Kodi zimenezo sizikuseka ena a ife omwe mwina tikufuna botox?
Pepani. Tili ndi zaka zapakati pa 20 ndi kumayambiriro kwa 30 — tili aang'ono kwambiri moti sitingathe kupita kumeneko. [Chabwino, zimenezo zandipweteka. —Editor.]
Chabwino, tiyeni tiyambe. Kodi kalabu yanu inayamba bwanji?
Tinali titamva kuti Katrina itagunda New Orleans, ndipo atatu mwa ife tinazindikira kuti kuyambira mphepo yamkuntho sitinaonanepo zambiri. Kenako tinayambanso kukambirana za kusadziwa mabuku ambiri abwino oti tiwerenge.
Mmodzi mwa amayi athu, anabwera kudzatithandiza—"bwanji osayambitsa kalabu ya mabuku?" anafunsa. Zingabweretsenso abwenzi pamodzi...ndi kutiwonetsa mabuku abwino. Sikuti zokhazo, komanso anatipatsa chiyambi chatsopano ndi mndandanda wa mabuku omwe kalabu yake yawerenga...kuchokera m'zaka 10 zapitazi!
Ndinazindikira kuti sitinali tokha amene tinkakonda kuwerenga ndipo tinasowa chifukwa chokhalira limodzi ndi anzathu abwino—mkati mwa miyezi itatu, kalabu yathu yowerengera mabuku ya anthu atatu inakula kufika pa anthu 8, kenako 12!
Kodi mwakhala mukuwerenga chiyani?
Nayi mndandanda wathu wa zomwe tawerenga chaka chatha:
Chilombo cha ku Florence
Miyendo Yowonda ndi Zonse
Mwanawankhosa: Uthenga Wabwino Malinga ndi Biff
Freakonomics
Lolita
Mfumukazi ya Turtle Derby
Kukongola kwa Hedgehog
Ndikukhulupirira kuti adzapereka mowa ku gehena
Mudzadziwa Liwiro Lathu!
Chimwemwe cha Chikatolika
Delta ya Venus
Kodi pali zokonda nthawi zonse?
Timakonda Dave Eggars, wolemba wachinyamata yemwe kalembedwe kake ndi nthabwala zake zakopa kwambiri m'badwo wathu. Tinakonda zonse ziwiri Ntchito Yopweteketsa Mtima ya Najenti Wodabwitsa ndipo lake Mudzadziwa Liwiro Lathu!
Tasangalalanso kwambiri ndi mabuku akale monga Chikondi M'nthawi ya Kolera, komanso Bell Jar.
Ndi mabuku ati omwe athandiza kuti pakhale makambirano abwino?
Freakonomics Zinatitsogolera ku imodzi mwa zokambirana zathu zosangalatsa kwambiri, zokhudza umbanda, kuchotsa mimba, maphunziro, ndi tsankho. Monga achinyamata, nthawi zambiri sitimakhala ndi mwayi wolankhula za malingaliro abwino m'malo enieni a "kupereka ndi kulandira".
Tinasangalalanso ndi nyimbo ya Jenna Jameson Momwe Mungapangire Chikondi Ngati Nyenyezi Yolaula: Nkhani YochenjezaKupatula kuti kulemba kwake kunali kolakwika, tinapeza kuti n'koseketsa pamene ankanena za momwe zinalili zopweteka kukhala mu "maudindo" ake ambiri tsiku lonse! Tinaika mutu wa msonkhano wathu ndi zingwe za nkhuku, kirimu wokwapulidwa ndi chokoleti.
Monga kalabu yogwirizana, kodi pali kusiyana pakati pa momwe mumalankhulira kapena momwe mumasankhira mabuku?
Mnyamata m'modzi yekha ndiye amene ali ndi maganizo amphamvu pa chilichonse "chachikazi" (ndipo amabwera kumisonkhano kokha tikadya nkhuku yokazinga). Koma nthawi zambiri sitimasankha buku lomwe limakopa amuna ndi akazi. Ndipo ndi bwino kukhala ndi malingaliro a amuna ndi akazi, makamaka m'mabuku ngati Lolita or Bell Jar.
Kodi pali chilichonse chapadera chokometsera misonkhano yanu?
Pa Halloween, timawerenga nkhani za Edgar Allan Poe mokweza pogwiritsa ntchito kandulo—ndizokometsera kwambiri.
Timayesetsanso kudya chakudya chokhala ndi mutu wa mabuku nthawi zambiri momwe tingathere. Kuwonjezera pa mutu wa Porn Star (pamwambapa), tapanganso menyu ya mabuku otsatirawa:
- Mfumukazi ya Turtle Derby—nkhuku yokazinga, grits, ndi masamba a collard.
- Mdierekezi mu White City—Pabst Blue Ribbonbeer ndi Cracker Jacks.
- Magnolias Steel—keke ya karmadillo yofiira ya velvet (yokhala ndi icing ya imvi).
Nanga bwanji za misonkhano yanthawi zonse yakunja?
Miyezi ingapo iliyonse timaonera sewero kapena kanema. Choyamba timawerenga patebulo, kenako timawona sewero. Mpaka pano, tawerenga/tawona Magnolia achitsulo, Chilakolako chotchedwa Streetcar, Nyumba Yoyera, Usiku wa Khumi ndi Chiwiri, Ndani Akuopa Virginia Woolf?, ndi mbiyandipo kukayika.
Kodi mumakonza bwanji misonkhano?
Misonkhano yathu nthawi zambiri imatenga pafupifupi maola atatu (kapena kuposerapo): Nthawi ya 6 koloko timadya ndi kulonjerana, nthawi ya 7 koloko timakambirana za bukuli, ndipo nthawi ya 8 koloko timakambirana ndi kuvota buku lathu latsopanoli. Tonsefe timasangalala kwambiri ndi nthawi yathu yocheza pamodzi, kotero misonkhano nthawi zambiri imadutsa nthawi ya 10 koloko usiku!
Nthawi zonse timajambula zithunzi limodzi, ndipo timanyadira kwambiri kalabu yathu yopezera mabuku kotero kuti takhala ndi malaya, zikwama zam'mbuyo, makalendala, ndi zinthu zosangalatsa zopangidwa ndi chizindikiro chathu ndi mawu oti: “Chakudya Cham'mawa Chosatha: Palibe Malaya, Palibe Nsapato, Palibe Kalabu Yopezera Mabuku!”
Kodi mawu akuti "Opanda Shati," ndi zina zotero, amatanthauza chiyani?
Ndi lamulo lokhalo lomwe tili nalo: Palibe shati, Palibe nsapato, Palibe kalabu ya mabuku! Tinali ndi munthu amene ankabwera kudzakumana ndi munthu wopanda shati komanso wopanda nsapato, kotero tinayenera kumuthamangitsa. Sanawerengenso mabuku, kapena kubweretsa chilichonse kumisonkhano ndipo ankadya zomwe aliyense ankabweretsa.
Kodi mumasankha bwanji mabuku anu?
Timatumiza mndandanda wa mabuku omwe tapereka kudzera pa imelo omwe amaperekedwa kwa mamembala msonkhano usanachitike. Kenako timavota pa zomwe tasankha kuchokera pamndandanda womwe uli pamsonkhano. Njira yovotera ndi yayikulu kwambiri, koma yosavuta kuchita, yomwe imaphatikizapo kuyika chiwongola dzanja ndi avareji, kuti aliyense akhutire ndi chisankhocho. Timasankha buku limodzi pa msonkhano uliwonse, womwe umachitika pafupifupi milungu 4-6 iliyonse.
pamwamba pa tsamba