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  Kalabu ya Mabuku a Crack Spine
Naples, Florida

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Pulofesa wa Chingerezi wa nthawi yochepa anatuluka mkalasi kukapeza gulu la anzake kuti afotokoze zomwe amakonda pa mabuku.—ndipo Kalabu ya Mabuku ya Crack Spine inabadwa. Nkhani yabwino kwambiri ndi iti? Palibe amene amapatsidwa magiredi.



Dzina labwino kwambiri! Munalipeza bwanji?

Ndife gulu la akazi azaka zapakati pa 60 ndi 75. Dzinali ndi chizindikiro cha owerenga okalamba komanso odziwa zambiri. Limalimbitsa lingaliro lakuti kuti munthu akhale wanzeru komanso wodziwa zambiri—ponena za zochitika zachikhalidwe, chikhalidwe, ndi mbiri yakale—ayenera “kulimba mtima.” Umu ndi momwe timasungira maganizo athu kukhala otanganidwa komanso otanganidwa!

Munayamba bwanji?
Woyambitsa wathu, Maryanne, amagwira ntchito nthawi yochepa ngati pulofesa wa Chingerezi: kuwerenga ndi mabuku ndi zomwe amakonda kwambiri. Mu 2012 ankafuna kusonkhanitsa gulu la owerenga okonda chidwi komanso okonda chidwi—abwenzi omwe angachite nawo madzulo ochezera komanso olankhulana ndi kumva kuti ali otetezeka pofotokoza malingaliro awo.

Kodi mamembala angati?
Mpaka pano, tilipo 18. Nthawi zambiri timakhala ndi usiku woti "bweretsani mnzanu" pamisonkhano yathu. Tonsefe ndife anthu ochokera ku Florida, choncho ndikofunikira kukhala ndi anzathu atsopano monga gawo la "banja" lathu lalikulu.

Chabwino, tiuzeni zomwe mwawerenga.
Nayi mndandanda wa mabuku aposachedwa:

Wabwino waku America
Moyo Wosafa wa Henrietta Wosowa
Kumbuyo kwa Zokongola Zosatha
Chilankhulo cha Maluwa
Kuteteza Jacob
Ethan Frome
Mbalame Zachikasu
Abiti Dreamsville ndi Collier
    Bungwe la Zolemba za Chigawo
Mkazi wa Woyendetsa Ndege
Wolemba Nkhani
Inferno
Sitima ya Ana Amasiye

Mndandanda wabwino kwambiri. Kodi pali zomwe mumakonda?
Nazi ndemanga za mamembala za mabuku ena omwe timakonda kwambiri:

Kuteteza Jacob ndi Moyo Wosafa wa Henrietta Wosowa: "Ndimakonda kuganizira za chinthu china kuchokera ku lingaliro lachipatala kapena la maganizo."

Abiti Dreamsville ndi Collier Bungwe la Zolemba za Chigawo: "Zinachitika mu 1963, kotero ndinali m'gulu la m'badwo umenewo."... "Zinasonyeza malingaliro opapatiza okhudza akazi, anthu akuda ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha panthawiyo osati kum'mwera kokha komanso m'dziko lonselo."

Ethan Frome, buku lodziwika bwino: "Buku labwino kwambiri la Januwale chifukwa limafotokoza za kuzizira kwambiri ndi chipale chofewa m'tawuni yaying'ono ya Massachusetts komanso zisankho zoopsa za anthu omwe ali m'nkhaniyi."

Wolemba Nkhani: "Ndinadabwa ndi zoopsa zomwe Ayuda adakumana nazo panthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse, zomwe zinakhala zenizeni chifukwa cha nkhani yosiyana ya vampire."

Mbalame Zachikasu: "Chilankhulo chokongola cha ndakatulo chofotokozera nkhondo yoopsa ku Iraq."..."Ndinaphunziradi kanthu kena ka buku lomwe sindikanasankha ndekha."

Nanga bwanji za kukhumudwa?
Mkazi wa Woyendetsa Ndege Zinali zokhumudwitsa chifukwa, ngakhale kuti Anne Morrow Lindberg adapeza ufulu ndi kumasulidwa kuchokera kwa mwamuna wake wamphamvu, akuwoneka ngati mkazi wosachitapo kanthu wokhudzidwa ndi udindo ndi chithunzi cha ndalama ndi mphamvu. Ife, monga owerenga, tonse tinali omvera chisoni komanso okwiya kuti "kudzitsimikizira" kwake sikunawonekere msanga m'bukuli.

Komanso, mamembala "anakhumudwa" ndi Inferno chifukwa cha kusintha kosalekeza kwa zochitika ndi chidziwitso chofunikira chomwe chimatsogolera ku mutu wa bukuli. Ndemanga: "Ndithudi ndi nkhani ya kanema, koma ndi yovuta kuwerenga ngati buku."

Ndi mabuku ati omwe apangitsa kuti pakhale zokambirana zabwino?
Buku lililonse lakhala likukambirana bwino ngakhale kuti kapangidwe kake kapena chilankhulo chake n’chofooka. Chinsinsi cha kupambana ndikupereka mafunso otsogolera buku lililonse masiku osachepera 10 msonkhano usanachitike ndikulimbikitsa kulemba mfundo zapadera kapena mitu.

Kodi "Kupanga Mgwirizano" kumatanthauza chiyani?
Chimodzi mwa zifukwa zazikulu zomwe zokambirana zathu za m'kalasi zimayendera bwino ndichakuti tili ndi gawo la "Pangani Kulumikizana" la zokambirana za m'buku: mtsogoleri wathu amatenga mutu kapena lingaliro lofunika kuchokera m'bukuli ndikupempha aliyense kuti "agwirizane" ndi miyoyo yawo. Mwachitsanzo, kuchokera ku Sitima ya Ana Amasiye, malangizo athu anali motere: "Bweretsani chinthu chomwe chikuyimira nkhani ya m'mbuyomu, monga Molly ndi mkanda wake wokongola ndi kopi ya Jane Eyre, ndi Vivian ndi katundu wake wa trunk. Kapena tiuzeni china chake chomwe munayenera kusiya. Khalani okonzeka kugawana nkhani imeneyo!" (Onani zithunzi.)

Pali zochitika zina zapadera?
Ndi chaka chathu choyamba chokha, koma mpaka pano takondwerera maholide ndi chochitika chachikulu cha kalabu—chakudya chamasana cha Khirisimasi ndi phwando lathu la First Anniversary. Mu Seputembala tinachita "Meet and Greet" ku lesitilanti. Pomaliza tinachita Mipikisano ya Book Trivia ndikupereka mphoto.

Nanga bwanji malamulo a kilabu?
1) Werengani bukuli!
2) Lembani zolemba zanu.
3) Lembani zolemba!
4) Werengani ndemanga kuchokera pa intaneti.
5) Chitani kafukufuku wa mbiri yakale/ndale/nkhani zachikhalidwe kuchokera m'bukuli (chitsanzo: Onerani nkhani yapadera ya PBS yokhudza gulu la ana amasiye).

Pomaliza, kodi mukufuna kuti owerenga athu adziwe chiyani chokhudza The Crack Spine Book Club?
Kalabuyi ikuyimira gulu la mamembala ogwirizana, anzeru, amphamvu, koma osiyanasiyana! Kusiyanasiyana kwawo kwa mbiri, ntchito, ndi malingaliro, komanso kukonda kukambirana bwino, chakudya ndi vinyo kumapangitsa kuti Kalabu ya Mabuku ya Crack Spine ikhale yapadera!