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Baltimore, Maryland
MABUKU & MOWA & MA BARSTOOLS... zomwe amakonda kwambiri nthawi zonse. Gulu la Baltimore ili limatha kuwerenga ndikuchita phwando nthawi imodzi. Ndipo palibe dontho-nkapena mawu-yatayika.
Chizindikiro chabwino kwambiri.
Zikomo. Tikunyadira nayo. Leanne Bledsoe, m'modzi mwa mamembala athu, ndiye adapanga.
Uyenera kukhala. Choncho tiuzeni momwe munayambira.
Tinkafuna kupeza njira yothandizira malo athu ogulitsira mowa omwe ali m'deralo, ndipo timakondanso kukambirana za mabuku. Choncho tinaphatikiza zinthu ziwiri zomwe timakonda kwambiri.
Ndipo zinali liti zimenezo?
Mu 2012. Tsopano tili ndi Facebook tsamba...ndi mamembala opitilira 100, koma nthawi zambiri timapeza anthu kuyambira 5 mpaka 15 pamisonkhano.
Kodi muyenera kusewera mowa pong kuti mukhale membala?
Ayi. Ndipo sitikuyembekezera kuti mumwe—ngakhale kuti n’kofunika kuti mukhale omasuka kukhala m’bala.
Mumakumana miyezi iwiri yokha. Kodi pakati pa mweziwo mumachita chiyani?
Nthawi zonse timachita ntchito— Chibwenzi Chosaona ndi Buku, kuonera filimu ya buku lomwe timawerenga, ulendo woyenda ndi mabuku, kapena chochitika ku laibulale yathu yapafupi (chithunzi chokhala ndi chikwangwani chofiira, kumanzere).
Tiuzeni zomwe mwawerenga posachedwapa.
Inde. Chaka chino tawerenga...
♦ Nyanja Kumapeto kwa Njira
♦ Cholakwika M'nyenyezi Zathu
♦ Kodi Aliyense Akuyenda Panja?
Popanda Ine?
♦ Ma Sireni a Titan
♦ Mfumu Peggy
Kodi pali zokonda zilizonse pazaka zambiri?
Inde, awa ndi omwe ali pamwamba pa mndandanda:
Bukhu Lakubadwa ♦ Wild ♦ Masewera a EnderMabuku onsewa ndi olembedwa bwino omwe amatulutsa malingaliro, malingaliro, ndi zokambirana zozungulira iwo.
Kodi pali zokhumudwitsa zilizonse?
Buku loyamba lomwe tinawerenga, la Teju Cole Open City, chinali cholephera. Zinaoneka ngati sitingathe kuzimvetsa, nkhaniyi inali youma, ndipo anthu ochepa okha ndi omwe akanatha kulumikizana ndi anthu otchulidwa m'nkhaniyi. Zinatipatsa kukambirana kwabwino.
Kodi zimenezi zili bwanji—popeza simunakonde bukuli?
Nthawi zina kulankhula za zomwe simukuzikonda m'buku kumakhala kosangalatsa monga momwe mumakondera. Open City, tinayamba kuzindikira bwino zomwe wolembayo ankafuna poyerekeza ndi zomwe tinkazindikira.
Nanga bwanji mabuku omwe amabweretsa makambirano abwino kwambiri?
Nkhondo Yadziko Lonse Z: Mbiri Yapakamwa ya Nkhondo ya Zombie Unali mkangano wabwino kwambiri. Tinakambirana za momwe chikhalidwe chathu chimakondera chiwonongeko cha ma zombie, momwe zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana zimaonera nkhondo, komanso zotsatira za mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi.
Tinasangalalanso kukambirana Masewera a EnderKoma panali malingaliro osiyanasiyana ndi bukuli chifukwa cha maganizo a wolemba pa ufulu wa LGBTQ—kwenikweni, chifukwa cha zimenezo, palibe aliyense wa ife amene anagula bukuli mwachindunji; tinalibwereka, kapena tinaligula litagwiritsidwa ntchito kale. Kwa ena, Masewera a Ender Bukuli linali losangalatsa kukumbukira zakale pomwe kwa ena, linali latsopano.
Kodi mumasankha bwanji mabuku anu?
Tili ndi ulalo wa pa Facebook wopempha malingaliro. Ngati pali malingaliro ambiri kuposa miyezi yomwe ikufunika, timawavotera.
Kodi pali malamulo aliwonse a kilabu?
Ayi ndithu, koma "ndikulangiza mwamphamvu" kuti muwerenge bukuli. Komanso, tonsefe tikufuna kulemekezana m'gululi (ngakhale kuti izi sizinakhalepo vuto, choncho si "lamulo" lovomerezeka).
Mwatchula pamwambapa "Chibwenzi Chopanda Kuzindikira ndi Buku." Kodi zimenezo zikugwira ntchito bwanji?
♦ Sankhani buku (kapena awiri!) lomwe mukufuna kusinthana.
♦ Ikulungeni mu thumba la pepala lofiirira.
♦ Pa thumba (kapena chizindikiro), lembani mwachidule kufotokozera bukuli popanda kufotokoza zambiri. Liyenera kumveka ngati mbiri ya chibwenzi:
Mwachitsanzo: "Buku ili lochititsa chidwi komanso lokhala ndi mapeto opotoka, lidzakusungani maso usiku wonse mukuganizira tanthauzo la moyo. Si nkhani yongopeka. Chikumbutso." kapena "Zosangalatsa ndi mbali yonyoza. Mudzaseka bukuli. Nkhani."
♦ Bweretsani ku chochitikachi ndipo mudzasankha buku latsopano loti mupite nalo kunyumba!
Mapulogalamu ofikira anthu ammudzi?
Chaka chatha, tathandizira mwana mu pulogalamu yowerengera mabuku yachilimwe ku laibulale yathu yapafupi. Timatenga nawo mbali mu ONE MARYLAND, ONE BOOK chaka chilichonse, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti timawerenga ndikukambirana za bukuli, ndipo timapita kukalankhula ndi wolembayo ku Baltimore Book Festival (Onani chithunzi cha Steven Galloway).
Kodi pali chilichonse chomwe mukufuna kutisiyira?
Sitili gulu "lodzitsekera" mwanjira iliyonse. Ngati wina aliyense m'derali (Baltimore) akufuna kupita kuti akakambirane kamodzi kokha (kaya chifukwa chakuti mukupita ku tawuni, kapena buku lomwe mukufuna kwambiri), kapena mukufuna kupitako mwezi uliwonse, mwalandiridwa!
Pomaliza, mungafotokoze bwanji kalabu yanu?
Mu gulu lathu tili ndi zaka zosiyanasiyana—kuyambira zaka za m'ma 20 mpaka 60—anthu osiyanasiyana monga amuna kapena akazi komanso amuna ndi akazi. Anthu onse m'gulu lathu amalemekezana ndipo amaganizirana. Tonsefe timakonda kwambiri mabuku—ndipo ambiri a ife timakondanso mowa!