LitClub: Hasken Haske
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
ANA TSARA A CIKIN kyawawan tsaunukan Laurel da ke yammacin Pennsylvania, wannan kulob ya fara ne daga ɗakin karatu na coci.
Kana cikin Johnstown, Pa, ko ba haka ba?
Eh, wurin da aka yi ambaliyar ruwa mai girma a shekarar 1889 wadda ta kashe mutane sama da 2,000. Haka kuma ba mu da nisa da hatsarin jirgin sama mai lamba 93 a ranar 9/11. Tarihi da yawa ya faru a kusurwar duniya.
Hakika ya yi. Don haka gaya mana game da ka tarihi—ta yaya ƙungiyar ku ta fara?
Sherree da mijinta ne ke kula da ɗakin karatu na cocinmu. Shekaru da dama da suka wuce, sun lura cewa mata suna son raba ra'ayoyi game da sabon littafin da suka karanta. Don haka aka kafa ƙungiyarmu - wannan ya faru ne a shekarar 2009.
Tun daga taron farko, a bayyane yake cewa dukkanmu muna kan hanya madaidaiciya. Yanzu mu 13 ne, kuma abin farin ciki ne ganin yadda ƙungiyar ke ƙaruwa da kuma abota. Tarurrukanmu sun kuma zama "daren 'yan mata da ake buƙata."
To me ka karanta a cikin shekarar da ta gabata?
Muna son mu canza tsakanin almara da kuma almara; waɗannan su ne karatunmu na baya-bayan nan:
Red Scorpion (Kivisalo)
Ketarewar Jordan (Arthur)
Zunubi, Ceto da kuma
Shadowmancer (Taylor)
An isar da shi da soyayya (Kyle)
Zaɓar Ganin (Chapman)
Falcon da Sparrow
(Tyndall)
Sumbata daga Katie (Davis)
Duk wani abin da aka fi so a kowane lokaci?
Labarun da muke so waɗanda ba na almara ba ne, waɗanda suka taɓa mu kuma suka koya mana wani abu. Waɗannan suna da ban mamaki:
Gada Mai Suna Hope (Meeder)
Zaɓar Ganin (Chapman)
Lulu (Auger)
Murya a Dare (Abin Mamaki)
Na Yi Kuskuren Kira Shi Uba
(Sheikh)
Littattafan da muka fi so sun haɗa da littattafai masu ban mamaki waɗanda suka sa mu dariya da kuka:
Shiloh kaka (Thoene) ♦ Wucewa Ta Samariya (Foster) ♦ Raba Harriet (Leigh) ♦ The Trial (Whitlow) ♦ Kirsimeti a Harrington's (Carlson) ♦ A Kan Ƙamshin Ruwa (Nichols).
Waɗanne littattafai ne suka haifar da tattaunawa mai kyau?
Wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun tattaunawarmu sun kasance game da littattafan da ba mu ji daɗinsu ba. Yana da ban sha'awa a ji dalili kuma sau da yawa yana da wahala a tattauna waɗannan littattafan. [Ah, eh! Duba namu Rubutun LitBlog. -Ed.]
Ina kuke gudanar da tarurrukanku?
Ana gudanar da tarurrukanmu a gidan Sherree ko gidan cin abinci na Perkins—suna da ɗaki mai kyau ga ƙungiyoyi. Mun kuma yi wasu tarurruka na musamman a gidajen wasu membobin.
Kun yi tarurruka masu kyau waɗanda suka dace da littattafanku. Ku gaya mana game da su.
Murya a Dare (Sheikh) ya faru ne a Afirka, don haka muka ci stew na Afirka da kuma Lemun tsami Cake (wanda shi ma na Afirka ne) don kayan zaki. Mu biyu mun sanya hular kai ta kabilanci.
Ta Cikin Wuta (Grady) ta zaburar da mu mu ziyarci gidan kashe gobara na yankinmu. Mun ɗauki wasu kayan gasa ga masu kashe gobara kuma aka yi mana rangadin yawon buɗe ido (duba hoto) Sai muka nufi wani gidan cin abinci na gida don siyan barkono "gidan wuta"!
Mun haɗu a gidan wani memba don kallon gasar 2010 movie bisa The Trial ta Robert Whitlow.
Gada Mai Suna Hope (Meeder) tana da alaƙa da ɗaukar dawakai da aka yi watsi da su da kuma haɗa su da yara masu rauni. Mun haɗu a gidan ɗaya daga cikin membobinmu wanda ke da dawakai. Ta nuna mana yadda ake yin atishawa, kuma duk mun sami damar haɗuwa da dawakan ta kusa da mu. Abin ya kasance abin birgewa.Duba hoto.)
Zaɓar Ganin (Chapman) ta zama ɗaya daga cikin tarurrukanmu mafi ƙarfi. Marubuciyar ta yi magana game da mutuwar ɗayan 'ya'yanta kuma ta haɗa da bayanai game da ɗaukar yara a China. Ɗaya daga cikin membobinmu ta yi mana gabatarwa ta PowerPoint: ta yi tafiya zuwa China na tsawon mako guda don taimakawa wajen koyar da ma'aikatan marayu waɗanda ke aiki tare da yaran da ke da autism - tana ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da Mary Beth ta taimaka wajen fara aiki. Mun kuma sami mai magana wanda ya yi rashin ɗa kuma ya ɗauke shi. Taro ne mai ƙarfi da taɓawa.
Kana kuma yin wasanni a lokacin tarurrukanka, ko ba haka ba?
Eh. Wani lokaci muna yin tambayoyi masu ban mamaki game da wani littafi ko yanki da aka yi littafin. Wani lokaci kuma muna yin wasannin kalmomi ko kuma mu ɗauki tambayoyi masu yawa da suka dace da marubuta da taken. Mun ma buga ɗaya daga cikin Wasannin LitLovers—Jakar Ɗauka ta Adabi. Kullum muna neman sabbin dabaru.
Yaya batun aikin sa kai na al'umma?
A wannan Kirsimeti za mu yi shirin haɗuwa a babban kanti don ɗaukar mala'iku daga Bishiyar Mala'iku. Za mu haɗu mu sayi kayan da ake buƙata da kuma littafi ga kowane suna da muka cire daga bishiyar.
Ka raba mujallu shekara guda. Ka gaya mana game da hakan.
Eh, shekara guda a Kirsimeti kowa yana karɓar mujalla don yin rikodin tunani na musamman game da littattafai ko ra'ayoyi daga tarurruka. A farkon kowace shekara, kowa zai iya rabawa daga mujallarta.
Kuma ga membobi da ke rasa tarurruka...?
Sherree ta aika saƙon imel mai taken "Lit Wit Gaisuwa" tare da hotuna da bayanai don ci gaba da sabunta su.
Gabaɗaya, ta yaya za ka kwatanta ƙungiyar ku da membobinta?
Membobinmu suna da kwarin gwiwa—muna karanta littattafanmu koyaushe (kusan koyaushe) don tarurruka, kuma muna ko da yaushe muna farin cikin taruwa domin tattauna ra'ayoyinmu.