LitClub:  Gulu la Mabuku
Baltimore (Mzinda ndi Chigawo), Maryland

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Nkhani yanu ndi yosangalatsa—tiuzeni zambiri.
Tinachokera mu Seputembala, 2008, pamene gulu lathu linalembetsa kalasi ya mabuku ya milungu isanu ndi itatu. Maphunzirowa anali gawo la The Senior Institute ku Community College of Baltimore County.

Tinamaliza maphunziro athu kwa masemesita atatu—kuyambira Seputembala mpaka Juni, 2009. Semesita iliyonse inali yokhudza mutu womwe mphunzitsi anasankha:
Mawu Otuluka
Pambuyo pa Zamakono
Mabuku aku South Africa.

Kotero nchiyani chinachitika?
Mphunzitsi wathu anaganiza zosaphunzitsa maphunzirowa m'dzinja la 2009, choncho gulu la ophunzira m'kalasi linatilimbikitsa kuti tipitirize tokha.

Ndi angati "omwe adatsalira" m'njira yoti tinene?
Tinayamba ndi anthu asanu ndi anayi ochokera ku maphunzirowa. Tsopano tili ndi mamembala okwana 11.

Tiuzeni zomwe mwawerenga posachedwapa.
Nayi mndandanda wathu chaka chatha:

Tsiku la khumi la Disembala - George Saunders
Mkwiyo - Philip Roth
Tsogolo la Republic - Candice Millard
Burgess Boys - Elizabeth amamenya
Zinthu Zimagawanika - Chinua Achebe
Chakudya Chamadzulo - Hermann Koch
Transatlantic - colum mccann
The Mlendo - Albert Camus
Mbalame Yowonera  - Wolemba Wallace
Angle of Repose - Wolemba Wallace
Wina - Alice McDermott
Mkazi Wapamwamba - Claire Messud
Mphepete mwa Lumo - Somerset Maugham
Phokoso la Zinthu Zikugwa -Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Kuthamangitsa Nkhosa Zakuthengo - Haruki Murakami
Mbiri ya Moyo wa AJ Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin
Mkazi Wosafunikira - Rabih Alameddine
Usiku wa Oracle - Paul auster
Akazi a ku Los Alamos - TaraShea Nesbit

Pali zokambirana zabwino kwambiri?
Moyo Wodziwika wa AJ Fikry Buku lolembedwa ndi Grabrielle Zevin linatsogolera ku zokambirana zitatu: momwe mabuku amasankhidwira kuti alembedwe m'sitolo yamabuku ya anthu payekha, momwe anthu otchulidwa m'bukuli amachitira ndi zomwe amawerenga, komanso kukula kwa anthu omwe ali m'bukuli powerenga ndi kukambirana.

Mamembala makamaka ogwirizana ndi anthu omwe ali mu Wina lolembedwa ndi Alice McDermott, ndipo izi zinapangitsa kuti anthu azitha kugawana zomwe akumana nazo.

Kuthamangitsa Nkhosa Zakuthengo ndi Haruki Murakami ndi Usiku wa Oracle lolembedwa ndi Paul Auster linatsogolera ku zokambirana zokhudza mabuku a masiku ano—makamaka momwe iwo omwe poyamba sanali omasuka ndi mtundu watsopanowu adayamikirira kusiyana kwake mu kapangidwe kake.

Kuwerenga ndi kukambirana za mabuku athu akale (Wallace Stegner ndi Somerset Maugham) kunapatsa gululo mwayi wowona kusiyana kwa kalembedwe ka zolemba kwa zaka makumi ambiri ndikukambirana zomwe zimatanthauzira buku lakale kapena "lolemba" poyerekeza ndi nkhani zodziwika bwino.

Angle of Repose, buku lathu lachiwiri lolembedwa ndi Stegner (loyamba linali Mbalame ya Spectator), zinatitsogolera ku kukambirana bwino za kufanana/kusiyana pakati pa mabuku awiriwa komanso zomwe tinaona zokhudza kudziwa kwathu kalembedwe ka Stegner.

Zokambirana zina zabwino zinaphatikizapo Mkazi Wapamwamba, Mkazi Wosafunikirandipo Akazi a ku Los Alamos.

Mndandanda wodabwitsa. Kodi mumatsatira mfundo zilizonse posankha mabuku anu?
Timayesetsa kukhala ndi mabuku osiyanasiyana—olembedwa m’mabuku akale, nkhani zakale, mabuku ogulitsidwa kwambiri, ena omwe si nkhani zongopeka, ndi mabuku olembedwa ndi olemba ochokera m’zikhalidwe zina.

Kodi mumasankha bwanji zinthu zomwe mukufuna?

Ndi njira ya demokalase. Kumapeto kwa semesita iliyonse, timakhala ndi gawo lokonzekera la maola awiri. Gawoli lisanayambe, mamembala aliyense payekhapayekha amatumiza imelo kwa aliyense m'gululo yokhala ndi mitu ndi maulalo oti apereke ndemanga. Mwanjira imeneyi, pofika nthawi yomwe tidzakhala pamodzi pa gawo lokonzekera, timakhala titawunikiranso malingaliro a wina ndi mnzake.

Pamsonkhano, membala aliyense amalangiza mabuku awiri oti aganiziridwe. Kenako aliyense amavotera mabuku asanu omwe akufuna kuwerenga (masabata 10/masabata awiri pa buku lililonse pa mabuku onse 5 pa semesita). Mabuku asanu omwe amalandira mavoti ambiri ndi omwe timawerenga.

Ndani akutsogolera zokambirana zanu?
Tikasankha mabuku ndi kukonza nthawi ya misonkhano, timasankha amene adzatsogolere zokambirana zonse. Tingakhale ndi wotsogolera m'modzi ... kapena otsogolera m'modzi ... kapena ngakhale "gulu la mabuku" momwe membala aliyense ali ndi gawo pa zokambiranazo.

Mukugwiritsanso ntchito Discussion Outline?
Tapanga ndondomeko yokhazikika kuti tipereke mfundo yofunika kwambiri kwa wotsogolera. Mitu ikuphatikizapo
Wambiri ya wolemba Tiwona Zolemba otchulidwa Nthawi yakale Kalembedwe Kapangidwe ka bukuli Mbiri ya chikhalidwe cha nkhaniyi Ndemanga zowunikira zisanachitike.

Kodi muli ndi malamulo aliwonse a kilabu?
Lamulo lathu lalikulu ndi lakuti munthu m'modzi azilankhula nthawi imodzi. Nthawi zina, anthu amalankhulana kuposa wina ndi mnzake, koma timasamala potsatira lamuloli.

Timayesetsa kukhala osamala popereka ndemanga zathu zokhudza mabukuwa. Anthu akakhala ndi maganizo awoawo, timawazindikira kuti ndi olakwika ndipo timawapempha kuti afotokoze maganizo awo.

Ngakhale kuti timabweretsa nkhani zaumwini zokhudzana ndi kukulitsa zomwe zili m'bukuli, sitigwiritsa ntchito nthawi yathu yokambirana pa nkhani zaumwini zomwe sizikugwirizana mwachindunji ndi kukambirana m'bukuli. Zimene timasunga kuti tidye chakudya chamasana pambuyo pa msonkhano.

Ndipo mukunena za chiphunzitso cha mabuku?
Inde. Timayesetsa kupatula gawo limodzi pa semesita iliyonse la maphunziro a zolemba. Apa tikutanthauza nkhani yomwe ili yofunika kwa gulu, munthu wina, kapena china chake chomwe chabwera panthawi yokambirana pagulu chomwe tikufuna kuchifufuza mozama.

Makambirano amenewa amakhala ndi kafukufuku ndi kukambirana kwakukulu. Nthawi zambiri, mutu umodzi umabweretsa mitu yamtsogolo. Kenako gululo limagwiritsa ntchito chidziwitso chomwe lapeza kudzera mu makambirano a chiphunzitso cha mabuku ndipo limagwiritsa ntchito zimenezo pa makambirano amtsogolo a m'mabuku.

Nkhani zomwe takambirana zikuphatikizapo Njira Zofufuzira Nkhani Zopeka Makhalidwe Aang'ono Wolemba Wotchulidwa Mitundu Yosiyanasiyana ya Kutsutsa Mabuku, makamaka Formalism, Post Modernism, Reader-Response Theory.

Ponseponse, mungafotokoze bwanji kalabu yanu?
Ngakhale kuti tonse ndife akazi (tinali ndi mwamuna nthawi ina), gulu lathu ndi losiyana. Mibadwo yathu imayambira pakati pa zaka za m'ma 60 mpaka 80.

Ambiri, ngati si tonsefe, ndife omaliza maphunziro aku koleji, ndipo tonsefe tinagwira ntchito nthawi ina. Ena mwa mamembala anali ophunzira Chingerezi, koma ambiri m'gululi sanali akatswiri a Chingerezi ndipo ankagwiritsa ntchito gululo ngati njira yowonjezera chidziwitso chawo cha mabuku.