LitClub: Masu Karatu a Kwarin
Hancock, Vermont
BAYAN wata guguwa mai ƙarfi, an kafa sabuwar ƙungiyar esprit de corp a Hancock, Vermont, yayin da mazauna suka haɗu don sake gina ƙaramin garinsu. Ɗaya daga cikin tasirin da ya daɗe shine kafa ƙungiyar littattafai mai ban mamaki.
Faɗa mana ƙarin bayani game da tarihin ƙungiyar ku.
Irene, guguwar da ta yi tahowa a Gabashin Tekun a watan Agusta, 2011, ta yi mana illa sosai. Ko bayan shekaru biyu, har yanzu muna gyara gidaje da sake gina hanyoyi da gadoji.
Dole ne ya kasance abin tsoro.
Eh, amma maƙwabta sun taimaka wa maƙwabta, kuma masu sa kai sun yi ta tururuwa don bayar da taimako. Ya ɗauki ɗan lokaci kafin mu sami numfashi, amma kafin Maris, 2012, mutane da yawa suna son ganin wannan ruhin al'umma da aka samu nasara a kansa ya ƙare.
Wani ɓangare na ƙoƙarinmu shi ne ƙirƙirar Abokan Dakin Karatu na Jama'a na Hancock Free. Muna son ƙara wayar da kan jama'a da amfani da laburare da kuma taimakawa wajen ƙirƙirar sabbin shirye-shirye.
To me ya faru?
Mun fahimci cewa ƙungiyar littattafai za ta zama hanya mai kyau ta haɗa mutane wuri ɗaya, don haka muka kafa ta a watan Satumba na 2012. Mun sami ƙungiyar mutane 8-12 masu ɗorewa—abin farin ciki ne a sami irin wannan shahararriyar ƙungiya a ƙaramin garinmu.
Shin duk ku daga Hancock ne?
A'a. Hancock yana da yawan jama'a 324 kacal. Muna jawo membobinmu daga garuruwa uku a yankin da ke kewaye (da kuma nesa). Sunanmu, "Masu Karatu a Kwarin Kwari" yana nuna yanayin ƙasa da kuma haɗin kanmu.
To, bari mu yi magana game da littattafanku.
Ga jerinmu na shekararmu ta farko a matsayin ƙungiyar littattafai:
Kamar Ruwa don Cakulan
Mutanen Littafi
Tsallake Kirsimeti
Ruwa domin Giwaye
Yanke don Dutse
'Yan matan Sandcast
Ɗalibin Quilter
Tafiya Mercies
Yarinyar Gidan
Mako guda a Lokacin Hutu
Ni da Misis Kennedy
Anne Morrow Lindbergh ta Dorothy Hermann
Mai Labari
Jeri mai kyau. Akwai wanda kuka fi so?
Mutane da yawa sun ƙaunace ni Ɗalibin Quilter kuma da yawa sun ci gaba da karanta sauran littattafan da ke cikin wannan jerin. Yarinyar Gidan da kuma Ni da Misis Kennedy sun kasance abin da aka fi so, wanda ya haifar da tattaunawa mai kyau.
Yaya game da takaici?
Tafiya Mercies Wataƙila littafin da ƙungiyar ta fi so shi ne littafin da ba a fi so ba, amma ya haifar da tattaunawa mai yawa. Mutane sun yi fushi game da yadda marubucin ya tarbiyyantar da iyalinta da kuma yadda take mu'amala da addini.
Faɗa mana yadda kake zaɓar littattafanka. Yana kama da ba na yau da kullun ba—kuma yana da daɗi sosai, wanda ba koyaushe haka yake a cikin ƙungiyoyin littattafai ba!
Tsarin haɗin gwiwa ne sosai. Kowace wata muna zagayawa a kan teburi mu yi magana game da abin da kowa ke karantawa da kansa. Yawancin lokaci muna ƙirƙirar jerinmu daga shawarwarin membobi - kusan kowa ya ba da shawarar ɗaya daga cikin littattafanmu. Kuma mun karanta littattafai daban-daban kamar yadda kuke gani.
Duk da haka, wani batu da muke gujewa shi ne: dukkanmu mun yarda cewa ba ma son karanta littattafan da ake kashe yara a cikinsu.
Ka ga Chris Bohjalian, ko ba haka ba?
Eh, ɗan Vermont ne. Yana gabatar da jawabi, kimanin awa ɗaya daga nan, a ranar 'Yan matan Sandcast, wanda muke cikin shirin karantawa don taron wannan watan. Mun kuma tsara sabon shirinsa, Haske a cikin Rugujewa, don taronmu a watan Fabrairun 2014.
Za ku yi sabon gida nan ba da jimawa ba.
Eh, muna matukar farin ciki! Mun yi taro a zauren taron Hancock Town Hall. Amma ƙaramin ɗakin karatunmu yana ƙaura zuwa wani wuri mai ninki uku na sararin da ya gabata. Da zarar an gama ƙaura (ƙarshen bazara, 2014), za mu gudanar da tarurrukanmu a can.
Faɗa mana abin da kuke yi don Kirsimeti.
Za mu shiga Kirsimeti na biyu, yanzu, lokacin da za mu yi liyafar cin abinci da kuma yin musayar littattafai. A bara mun haɗu a gidan wani memba... kuma a wannan shekarar za mu kasance a gidan wani memba.
Yaya batun dokokin kulob?
Ka'ida ɗaya ce kawai: ƙungiyarmu wuri ne mai aminci, wanda ba ya yanke hukunci a kansa, inda za mu iya raba ra'ayoyi. Ba koyaushe muke yarda da juna ba, amma koyaushe muna girmama juna.
A ƙarshe, me kuke so masu karatunmu su sani game da Masu Karatu a Kwarin?
Mun ƙunshi ƙungiyar mata daban-daban, tun daga shekaru 30 zuwa 80. Mun fi zama masu ra'ayin mazan jiya saboda tsofaffin membobinmu (a'a) Fifty Shades na Gray a gare mu a matsayin ƙungiya!), amma duk muna jin daɗin juna sosai kuma muna daraja mintuna 90 da muke yi tare kowane wata!