LitClub: Lit Wits
Johnstown, PA
Kalabu iyi, yomwe ili ku Laurel Highlands kumadzulo kwa Pennsylvania, inayamba ndi laibulale ya tchalitchi.
Muli ku Johnstown, Pa, eti?
Inde, malo omwe kunagwa Chigumula Chachikulu mu 1889 chomwe chinapha anthu oposa 2,000. Sitilinso kutali ndi ngozi ya ndege ya Flight 93 pa 9/11. Mbiri yambiri yachitika m'dera lathu lapadziko lonse lapansi.
Inde, zachitikadi. Tiuzeni za lanu mbiri—kodi kalabu yanu inayamba bwanji?
Sherree ndi mwamuna wake ndi omwe amayang'anira laibulale yathu ya tchalitchi. Zaka zingapo zapitazo, adazindikira kuti akazi amafuna kugawana malingaliro awo okhudza buku laposachedwa lomwe adawerenga. Choncho kalabu yathu idakhazikitsidwa—mu 2009.
Kuyambira pa msonkhano woyamba, zinali zoonekeratu kuti tonse tinali pa njira yoyenera. Tsopano tili pa nambala 13, ndipo zakhala zosangalatsa kuona gululo likukula komanso mabwenzi akupangidwa. Misonkhano yathu yakhalanso "usiku wa atsikana" wofunikira kwambiri.
Ndiye mwawerenga chiyani chaka chathachi?
Timakonda kusinthana pakati pa nkhani zongopeka ndi nkhani zongopeka; izi ndi zomwe tawerenga posachedwapa:
Red Scorpion (Kivisalo)
Kuwoloka kwa Yordano (Arthur)
Uchimo, Chipulumutso ndi
Shadowmancer (Taylor)
Kuperekedwa ndi Chikondi (Kyle)
Kusankha Kuwona (Chapman)
Kalulu ndi Mpheta
(Tyndall)
Kupsompsonana kwa Katie (Davis)
Kodi pali zokonda nthawi zonse?
Nkhani zomwe sizili nkhani zongopeka zomwe timakonda kwambiri ndi zomwe zimatikhudza ndi kutiphunzitsa zinazake. Izi ndi zodabwitsa:
Mlatho Wotchedwa Chiyembekezo (Meeder)
Kusankha Kuwona (Chapman)
Lulu (Auger)
Mawu mu Usiku (Zodabwitsa)
Ndinayesa Kumutcha Atate
(Sheikh)
Nkhani zomwe timakonda kwambiri zikuphatikizapo mabuku olembedwa bwino kwambiri omwe amatipangitsa kuseka ndi kulira:
Shilo nthawi yophukira (Thoene) ♦ Kudutsa ku Samariya (Wolera) ♦ Kugawanitsa Harriet (Leigh) ♦ Chiyeso (Woyera) ♦ Khirisimasi ku Harrington's (Carlson) ♦ Pa Fungo la Madzi (Nichols).
Ndi mabuku ati omwe adatsogolera ku zokambirana zabwino kwambiri?
Zina mwa zokambirana zathu zabwino kwambiri zakhala zokhudza mabuku omwe sitinawakonde kwenikweni. Nthawi zonse zimakhala zosangalatsa kumva chifukwa chake ndipo nthawi zambiri zimakhala zovuta kukambirana mabuku awa. [Inde! Onani zathu Positi ya LitBlog. -Ed.]
Kodi misonkhano yanu mumachitira kuti?
Misonkhano yathu nthawi zambiri imachitikira kunyumba kwa Sherree kapena ku Perkins Restaurant—ali ndi chipinda chabwino kwambiri cha magulu. Takhalanso ndi misonkhano yapadera m'nyumba za mamembala ena.
Mwakhala ndi misonkhano yabwino kwambiri yokhala ndi mitu ya mabuku anu. Tiuzeni za iyo.
Mawu mu Usiku (Sheikh) inachitika ku Africa, kotero tinadya chakudya cha ku Africa ndi Lime Cake (yomwenso ndi ya ku Africa) monga chakudya chokoma. Awiri mwa ife tinavala zipewa za fuko.
Kupyolera kumoto (Grady) anatilimbikitsa kupita ku nyumba yathu yozimitsira moto yapafupi. Tinatenga zakudya zophikidwa kuti akazimitse moto azipereke ndipo tinapatsidwa ulendo (onani chithunziKenako tinapita ku lesitilanti yapafupi kukadya chili cha "firehouse"!
Tinakumana kunyumba kwa membala wina kuti tiwonere 2010 kanema kutengera Chiyeso lolembedwa ndi Robert Whitlow.
Mlatho Wotchedwa Chiyembekezo (Meeder) amalankhula za kugwiritsa ntchito akavalo onyalanyazidwa ndikuwagwirizanitsa ndi ana ovulala. Tinakumana kunyumba kwa m'modzi mwa mamembala athu omwe ali ndi akavalo. Iye anasonyeza njira yopumira, ndipo tonse tinakumana ndi akavalo ake pafupi kwambiri. Zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri. (Onani chithunzi.)
Kusankha Kuwona (Chapman) inakhala imodzi mwa misonkhano yathu yamphamvu kwambiri. Wolembayo akulankhula za imfa ya mmodzi wa ana ake ndipo akuphatikizapo chidziwitso chokhudza kulera ana ku China. Mmodzi mwa mamembala athu adatichitira ulaliki wa PowerPoint: adapita ku China kwa sabata imodzi kukathandiza kuphunzitsa ogwira ntchito ku malo osungira ana amasiye omwe amagwira ntchito ndi ana omwe ali ndi autism—anali m'malo omwe Mary Beth adathandizira kuyambitsa. Tinalinso ndi wokamba nkhani yemwe adataya mwana ndipo adamulera. Unali msonkhano wamphamvu komanso wokhudza mtima.
Mumaseweranso masewera pamisonkhano yanu, eti?
Inde. Nthawi zina timafunsa mafunso okhudza buku linalake kapena dera lomwe bukuli linachitikira. Nthawi zina timasewera masewera a mawu kapena timachita mafunso osankha angapo ofananiza olemba ndi mitu. Tasewerapo chimodzi mwa Masewera a LitLovers—Chikwama Chopezera Zolemba. Nthawi zonse timafunafuna malingaliro atsopano.
Nanga bwanji za ntchito yodzipereka ya anthu ammudzi?
Khirisimasi ino tikukonzekera kukakumana ku malo ogulitsira zinthu kuti titenge angelo kuchokera ku mtengo wa Angelo. Tidzagula chinthu chofunikira ndi buku la dzina lililonse lomwe tidzachotsa pamtengowo.
Munapereka magazini chaka chimodzi. Tiuzeni za zimenezo.
Inde, chaka chimodzi pa Khirisimasi aliyense analandira buku lolembamo maganizo apadera okhudza mabuku kapena malingaliro ochokera ku misonkhano. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chilichonse, aliyense akhoza kugawana kuchokera ku buku lake.
Ndipo kwa mamembala omwe akusowa misonkhano...?
Sherree amatumiza imelo ya "Lit Wit Greeting" kudzera pa imelo yokhala ndi zithunzi ndi zambiri kuti azidziwitsidwa zaposachedwa.
Kawirikawiri, mungafotokoze bwanji kalabu yanu ndi mamembala ake?
Mamembala athu ndi olimbikitsa—nthawi zonse (chabwino, pafupifupi nthawi zonse) timawerenga mabuku athu pamisonkhano, ndipo timachita nthawizonse Ndikusangalala kusonkhana pamodzi kuti tikambirane maganizo athu.