LitClub: Kalabu Yopezera Mabuku ya Sista to Sista
Greensboro, North Carolina
POKHALA WATSOPANO KUDERAKO ndipo akufunafuna mabwenzi, wokonza gululi anali wofunitsitsa kupeza akazi ngati iyeyo...omwe amakonda mabuku, komanso chikhumbo chokhala ndi mabwenzi abwino — sistas!
Nayi mawu a Tiffany Dixon m'mawu ake:
"Tinasamukira kudera la Greensboro pamene mwamuna wanga anagwira ntchito kuno. Sindinkadziwa aliyense, ndipo monga mayi wokhazikika panyumba, n'zovuta kupeza mabwenzi atsopano."
Komanso, monga wowerenga wokonda kuwerenga, zinali zosavuta kulola mabuku kutenga malo a moyo wakunja; pamenepo ndi pamene ndinazindikira kuti ndiyenera kuchoka pamalo omwe ndinkakhala kuti ndikumane ndi anthu. Choncho ndinaganiza zophatikiza chilakolako changa chokhala ndi anzanga atsopano ndi chikondi changa cha mabuku.
Ndinayang'ana magulu owerengera mabuku m'derali koma sindinawapeze. Choncho ndinaganiza zoyambitsa yanga. Ndinapitiriza Meetup.com kupeza anthu ena atsopano, ngati ine, ndipo umu ndi momwe tinakhalira limodzi. Zimenezo zinali mu Novembala, 2011.
Kodi muli ndi mamembala angati mpaka pano?
Chabwino, tikukula. Pakadali pano tili ndi anthu 36...ndipo tikuwerenga. Mamembala akupitiliza kubweretsa mabanja awo ndi mabwenzi awo.
Koma pakadali pano, tatseka mamembala kuti tithe kuyang'ana kwambiri pakukhala gulu logwirizana. N'zosangalatsa kwambiri!
It is Zosangalatsa! Tiuzeni zomwe mwawerenga.
Takhala ndi misonkhano iwiri mpaka pano. Buku lathu loyamba linali Wench, zomwe zimachitika kum'mwera kwa dzikolo. Nkhaniyi ndi yokhudza akazi anayi akapolo aku America ochokera m'minda yosiyanasiyana omwe, monga akazi aakazi, amapita ndi ambuye awo chaka chilichonse ku malo opumulirako ku boma la Ohio. Kuthekera kothawira ku ufulu kumakhala chiyeso champhamvu.
Chaposachedwa kwambiri chinali shuga Lolembedwa ndi Bernice L. McFadden. Likunena za ubwenzi wosayembekezereka pakati pa hule ndi mkazi wachikhristu, omwe onse amaphunzira kuchokera kwa wina ndi mnzake ndikuzindikira kuti ali ndi zofanana zambiri kuposa momwe amaganizira poyamba.
Mwa mabuku awiriwa, kodi pali buku lomwe ndimakonda kwambiri?
Mpaka pano ndikuganiza kuti gululo lasangalala kwambiri shuga kwambiri. Nkhaniyi inatipangitsa tonse kufufuza zoona zobisika mkati mwathu tonse. Shuga anali hule ndipo, motero, zinali zosavuta kuweruza chifukwa zolakwa zake zinali zoonekeratu; komabe, aliyense ali ndi zolakwika zomwe ayenera kuthana nazo koma zina zimakhala zosavuta kubisa kuposa zina.
Kodi chotsatira ndi chiyani pa mndandanda wanu wowerenga?
Buku lathu la February, 2012, ndi Kumanzere Kuuza Bukuli ndi lolembedwa ndi Immaculee Ilibagiza. Bukuli likunena za zomwe zinachitikira atsikana panthawi ya kuphedwa kwa anthu ku Rwanda. Popeza nkhaniyi ikuchitika ku Africa, msonkhano wathu udzachitikira ku lesitilanti ya ku Africa ndipo aliyense adzavala zovala za ku Africa. Liyenera kutithandiza kumvetsetsa bwino zomwe zili m'bukuli.
Kodi mumasankha bwanji mabuku anu?
Pa msonkhano wathu womaliza, membala aliyense adalemba dzina la buku m'chipewa; kenako tidalemba mayina atatu a mabuku oti tiwerenge m'miyezi itatu yotsatira. Tinaonetsetsa kuti mabukuwa akwaniritsa zofunikira zina asanatumizidwe—
- mabuku olembedwa ndi olemba a ku Africa-America
- mabuku omwe tingaphunzirepo
- mabuku olembedwa ndi olemba omwe zokumana nazo kapena malingaliro awo angatithandize kukula payekhapayekha komanso pamodzi.
Kodi muli ndi zochitika zapadera pamisonkhano yanu?
Timatsegula msonkhano uliwonse mwa kuzungulira m'chipinda, kudzidziwitsa tokha, ndikukambirana za mabuku omwe timakonda kwambiri. Chotsukira ayezi chimatithandiza kudziwana wina ndi mnzake ndikupanga malo ofunda komanso olandirirana. Timakondanso kukonzekera mutu woti ugwirizane ndi mabuku omwe timawerenga, ndipo posachedwa tidzaitana olemba kuti adzalankhule pamisonkhano yathu.
Kodi pali mapulani aliwonse oti musonkhane kunja kwa misonkhano yanthawi zonse?
M'nyengo ya masika tidzayamba kukumana kamodzi pamwezi kuti ticheze ndi atsikana—chakudya chamadzulo kapena kuonera kanema.
bwanji malamulo?
Tikugwirabe ntchito pa malamulo ang'onoang'ono. Koma lamulo lalikulu, mpaka pano, ndilakuti membala aliyense ayenera kulemekezedwa komanso kulemekezedwa. Aliyense ayenera kuchititsidwa kumva kuti angathe kupereka nawo mbali pa misonkhano yathu mwanjira ina.
Ponseponse, mungafotokoze bwanji za Sista ndi Sista Book Club?
Ngakhale kuti zaka zathu zimayambira pa 25-45, ambiri a ife tili ndi zaka za m'ma 30 ndipo ndife atsopano ku Greensboro, monga ine. Tonse tinkafunafuna njira yokumana ndi anthu, ndipo kalabu iyi yopezera mabuku yatipatsa mwayi umenewu.
Membala aliyense ayenera kumva kuti walandiridwa komanso kulandiridwa, mosasamala kanthu za mbiri yake, chipembedzo chake, komanso zikhulupiriro zake. Cholinga chachikulu ndikusonkhanitsa gulu la akazi omwe amakonda kuwerenga. Zachidziwikire, ubwenzi udzakhalapo chifukwa cha zimenezi.
pamwamba pa tsamba