LitClub: Otembenuza Masamba
Phoenix, Arizona
AKHALA AKUTSEGULA MA TSAMBA KWA ZAKA 21—masamba 140 a mabuku! Panjira, apeza nthawi yolumikizana ndi olemba, kukambirana bwino komanso kupanga ubwenzi wokhalitsa.
Mukuganiza kuti mwatsegula masamba angati pazaka zapitazi?
Chabwino, tawerenga mabuku 140—ngati, pafupifupi masamba 350 pa buku lililonse—kotero masamba 49,000! (Kwenikweni, muyenera kungokwanitsa theka la nambala imeneyo... sichoncho?)
Eya, chabwino, ndithudi...(?) Choncho tiuzeni momwe munayambira.
Tinayamba mu sitolo yogulitsira mabuku ya anthu ammudzi komanso yapafupi, yotchedwa Pages, yomwe inali ya m'modzi mwa mamembala athu. Zimenezo zinali mu 1993.
Ambiri a ife tinkakumana kudzera m'sitolo yogulitsira mabuku. Ndi ochepa okha omwe tinkadziwana kale, koma tinagwirizana chifukwa cha chidwi chathu—chikondi chathu cha mabuku ndi nkhani yabwino.
Mwatsoka, sitolo yogulitsira mabuku yatsekedwa, koma Pageturners ikupitilizabe kukula.
Zaka 21 zapita. Kodi pali mamembala ena oyambirira omwe alipo?
Tili ndi akazi pafupifupi 8. Gulu lonse la anthu lili ndi akazi kuyambira 10 mpaka 18—azaka zonse komanso omwe ali ndi malingaliro osiyanasiyana. Ndicho chimene chimapangitsa gulu lathu kukhala lolemera kwambiri.
Tiuzeni za mabuku anu.
Zina mwa zomwe timakonda kwambiri chaka chathachi ndi Sitima ya Ana Amasiye, Chisomo wambandipo Kuwala Pakati pa Nyanja.
Nanga bwanji za zomwe amakonda nthawi zonse?
Buku lathu loyamba linali Tawuni Yonga Alice, ndipo tinazikonda kwambiri. China chomwe timakonda kwambiri ndi Kuwolokera ku Chitetezo—tinawerenga kawiri. Tinakondanso Chipale Chofewa Chikugwa pa Mikungudza ndi Mkazi wa Ahabu.
Ndipotu, tawerenga zabwino zambiri moti sitingathe kuzilemba zonse.
Kodi pali zokhumudwitsa zilizonse?
Nyemba za ku Egypt, Maine linali limodzi mwa mabuku omwe tonse sitinkawakonda. (Anthu oipa kwambiri!) Chinthu choseketsa chinali chakuti sitinalikonda so Zambiri sitingathe kusiya kulankhula za izo! Kwa zaka zambiri zinkaoneka ngati zikutuluka pa zokambirana zilizonse. Ndipotu, tinkasintha kukhala mwambo woyambitsa ukwati—nthawi iliyonse imene membala watsopano walowa, tinkamupangitsa kuti aziwerenga.
Inde, takhala ndi mandimu ambiri kwa zaka zambiri...koma nthawi zambiri kukambiranako kunali bwino monga momwe bukulo linalili loipa. Mwamvapo mwambi wakuti, "Danani ndi bukuli, kondani gululo."
Ponena za zokambirana...ndi mabuku ena ati omwe adatsogolera ku mabuku abwino kwambiri?
Timakonda mabuku omwe amakamba nkhani zenizeni—za mbiri yakale komanso zaumwini—ndi mitu ya anthu onse yomwe aliyense angagwirizane nayo. Nazi mitu ina yomwe idapanga zokambirana zathu zabwino kwambiri: Palibe Nthawi Yamba ♦ Duwa la Chipale Chofewa ndi Fan Yachinsinsi ♦ Chilumba Chaching'ono ♦ Moyo wa Anyamata ♦ Kukongola kwa Hedgehog ♦ Mkuntho wa Isaac ♦ Zochitika Zodabwitsa za Galu Mu Nthawi Yausiku.
Tiuzeni za "zowononga ayezi" zanu.
Anthu akamafika, timatenga mphindi pafupifupi 30 kuti tidye zokhwasula-khwasula ndi zakumwa. Kenako nthawi zambiri timayamba kukambirana ndi funso loti "ndikuyambitsa"—funso lokhudza miyoyo yathu, lomwe nthawi zambiri silikugwirizana ndi bukuli. Mwachitsanzo, tikapuma m'chilimwe, tingafunse za chinthu chabwino kwambiri chomwe aliyense wa ife anachita m'chilimwe. Izi zimapatsa aliyense mwayi wokambirana zomwe zili zofunika kwa iye kapena gulu lonse.
Ndipo mumayesa buku lililonse?
Inde. Poyamba kukambirana za buku lenilenilo, timazungulira chipindacho ndi munthu aliyense akupatsa bukulo nambala (pa sikelo ya 1-10) ndi liwu limodzi. Timayesetsa kuti tisakambirane za masanjidwe athu mpaka pambuyo pake. Izi zimapatsa aliyense mwayi woti atenge nawo mbali pachiyambi pomwe ndipo zimatipatsa lingaliro la momwe bukuli linakondedwera. Pambuyo pake, tikhoza kuteteza nambala yathu kapena kufotokoza mawu athu.
Mwalankhulanso ndi olemba angapo.
Takhala ndi mafunso ambiri pafoni ndi olemba nkhani pa nthawi ya zokambirana zathu. Talankhula ndi Chris Bohjalian (Musanadziwe Kukoma Mtima, Msilikali wa Buffalondipo Azamba), John Shor (Pansi pa Thambo la Marble), JR Moehringer (Malo Odyera), Jean Mayhew (Udzu Wouma wa Ogasiti), Stephanie Kallos (Wasweka chifukwa cha Inu), ndi Judith Guest (Diso Lodetsedwa).
Ndipo mwakumanapo ndi olemba ena pamasom'pamaso.
Taitana Jewell Parker Rhodes, (Akazi a Douglass) ndi Susan Pohlman (Pakati pa wina ndi mnzake) ku misonkhano yathu.
Nanga bwanji za zochitika zapadera zokhudzana ndi mabuku?
Nthawi zambiri timadya chakudya chochokera ku mutu wa buku. Tinadya chakudya cha Chigiriki usiku womwe tinakambirana. Mandolin wa Corelli...ndi phwando lokongola la tiyi tikamawerenga Kudzitukumula ndi kusankhana.
Usiku wina tinadya "chips" chifukwa mamembala awiri ankanena kuti tchipisi ta mbatata ta m'tawuni yawo ndi tomwe tinali abwino kwambiri (zopangidwa ku Illinois ndi Indiana kokha). Mamembala anatsekedwa maso ndipo analawa zonse ziwiri...mukhulupirire kapena ayi, mayeso a kukoma adapangitsa kuti tigwirizane.
Ndipo muli ndi msonkhano wapadera wa Khirisimasi.
Inde, tili ndi kusinthana kwa mabuku. Munthu aliyense amabweretsa buku lokulungidwa ndi pepala lokha—liyenera kukhala buku lomwe membalayo analikonda. Kenako timachita "chinthu choyera" pamene anthu akhoza kuba buku lomwe linatsegulidwa kale ndi wina. Madzulo, membala aliyense amalankhula za buku lomwe anabweretsa komanso chifukwa chake analikonda.
Timachitanso ntchito zaluso za Khirisimasi ndipo timakhala ndi mafunso kumapeto kwa chaka. Mmodzi mwa mamembala athu, yemwe amagwira ntchito ku sitolo yogulitsira mabuku, amalemba mawu kuchokera m'buku lililonse lomwe tawerenga, ndipo timayesetsa kupeza buku lomwe linachokera. Nthawi zonse zimakhala zosangalatsa!
Kodi pali zochitika zilizonse zomwe mumachita limodzi kunja kwa misonkhano yanthawi zonse?
Inde. Nthawi zambiri timachita phwando la mafilimu limodzi. Ndipo mamembala angapo ali ndi nyumba za "chilimwe" kuti apulumuke kutentha kwa Phoenix. Takhala ndi malo ogona pachilumba cha Coronado ku Southern California (onani chithunzi), komanso ku Flagstaff ndi Cavecreek, zonse ku Arizona.
Madzulo ena tinagona m'tawuni kunyumba kwa membala wina komwe tonse tinabweretsa madiresi "oyipa" a akazi okwatiwa omwe tinkavala kale—kapena ngakhale diresi lathu laukwati ngati tidali nalo. Lingaliroli linachokera m'buku lathu limodzi (sindikukumbukira kuti ndi liti). Madiresiwo ankaoneka okongola kuchokera kutsogolo koma titajambula chithunzi chakumbuyo, zipi zochepa zinali zitatsekedwa (onani zithunzi)!
Ndipo mumagwiritsa ntchito Facetime kuti muzitha kulankhulana ndi mamembala akale.
Tili ndi mamembala ochepa omwe asamukira kwina, koma tsopano chifukwa cha ukadaulo nthawi zambiri timawaphatikiza ndi Facetime pa IPads ... m'modzi mwa mamembala athu nthawi zonse amakhala ku Des Moines ndipo adadabwitsa gulu la mabuku ndi ulendo "wamoyo" usiku wina!
Kodi mukufuna kuti tidziwe chiyani za inu?
Timaseka kwambiri.
Komanso, nthawi zambiri timapeza zolakwika m'buku kapena mlembi—koma sitipeza zolakwika kwa mamembala ena chifukwa cha malingaliro awo. Gulu lathu ndi lotseguka maganizo ndipo limalemekeza maganizo a wina ndi mnzake. Simungathe kulankhula za mavuto kapena anthu omwe amapezeka m'mabuku popanda kuulula amene ali. inu Choncho payenera kukhala kudalirana kwakukulu, komwe kumabweretsa kuwona mtima ndi kutseguka. Zimenezi zimapangitsa kuti pakhale kukambirana kwakukulu.
Kwa zaka zambiri takhala banja lofanana, kupita ku maukwati, kubadwa kwa ana, ndi zikondwerero zina za mamembala athu. Timakhalapo pamodzi ndipo ndikuganiza kuti aliyense wa ife angaimbire mnzake foni nthawi ya 3 koloko m'mawa ndikudziwa kuti thandizo lidzakhalapo.