LitClub: Littattafai & Mashaya
Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota
ME ZAI FARU IDAN KA ɗauki kulob na littattafai ka sanya shi a mashaya? Wannan shine abin da Jeff Kamin ya yi mamaki shekaru 10 da suka wuce. Yanzu yana gudanar da tarurruka uku a wata ga waɗanda ke godiya da ɗan "jarumtaka mai ƙarfi" lokacin da suke magana game da littattafai. Mun yi magana da Jeff. . .
Jarumtaka mai ruwa-wannan abu ne mai kyau. Mutum nawa ne masu jarumtaka suka fito don Littattafai & Mashaya?
Mutane da yawa—sama da magoya baya 2,200 ne ke bin mu a Facebook kuma 1,800 sun yi rajista don mu NewsletterKowane wata, mutane 175 ne ke halartar ɗaya daga cikin tarurrukanmu uku na ranar Talata.
Don haka ba wai kana zaune ne a kusa da da'ira mai daɗi ba. Ta yaya yake aiki?
Hakika shiri ne da masu sauraro ke halarta: tattaunawa kan littafi, wani lokacin tare da marubuci a wurin (ko a kan allo), da kuma ɗan barkwanci na baya-bayan nan.
Ina yin magana a hankali, ina yawo a cikin masu sauraro da makirufo biyu marasa waya ga waɗanda suke son yin magana. Idan babu wanda ke magana, ina ci gaba da yin abubuwa da barkwanci da kuma wasu bincike kan marubucin da littafin.
Yana da daɗi, amma kuma tattaunawa ce mai mahimmanci game da ƙungiyar littattafai. Duba shafinmu bidiyon demo a gidan yanar gizon mu idan kuna son ganin mu a aikace.
A bayyane yake cewa ka yi ɗan aiki a wannan.
Kaɗan kaɗan. Na samu gogewa a fannin fasaha, duka a fannin wasan kwaikwayo da kuma koyarwa. Ni kuma furodusa ne a Minnesota Public Radio... kuma jami'i ne a fannoni daban-daban na al'adu.
Su waye membobinku?
Ana ɗaukar Minneapolis a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin biranen da suka fi karatu a ƙasar, kuma membobinmu suna nuna hakan—masu ƙananan marasa aure, masu aure da yara, da kuma masu karatu da suka manyanta. Mun kuma karyata ra'ayin cewa kulab ɗin littattafai na mata ne kawai: kusan kashi 40% maza ne.
Ga inda za ka gaya mana abin da ka karanta.
Mun karanta wasu littattafai masu ban sha'awa a cikin shekarar da ta gabata.
Nutsewa
Shagon Littattafai na Awowi 24 na Mr. Penumbra
Kyawawan Kaza
Laifi a Taurarinmu
Yaya Ya Kamata Mutum Ya Kasance?
Ɗan Malamin Marayu
Taurarin Kare
Ina ka je Bernadette
Arcadia
Zagaye House
Ɗauki Ɗayan
Wata Mace
Rin Tin Tin: Rayuwa da Tatsuniya
Juyawa ta Hankali
Musibar Arthur
Shin akwai wanda aka fi so tsawon shekaru?
Waɗannan su ne wasu daga cikin shahararrun masu fafatawa:
Kafka a bakin teku
Shirye Player Daya
Bari Duniya Mai Girma Ta Juya
Tarihin Soyayya
Takaitaccen Rayuwa Mai Ban Mamaki ta Oscar Wao
Geek Love
Sparrow
Rubuce-rubucen Shark marasa inganci
Fasaha ta Fielding
Atonement
The Road
Carter Ya Ci Shaidan
Yaya game da takaici?
Wasu littattafan da mutane ba su damu da su ba: Wadanda Aka Kwashe, Matsalolin Yanayi, da Sai anjima Lemon. Wasu, kamar Kyawawan Kaza, an ƙaunace su sosai, amma ba mu da wani abin da za mu faɗa game da su. Tattaunawar ba ta yi zurfi kamar yadda muka zata ba.
Kana gayyatar marubuta zuwa tarurrukanka lokaci-lokaci.
Eh. Peter Heller na Taurarin Kare Mun haɗu da mu a bara (2013). Muna kuma yin hira ta bidiyo—Carol Anshaw (Ɗauki Ɗayan), Susan Orlean (Rin a tin), da kuma Arthur Phillips (Musibar Arthur) sun yi hira da mu a cikin shekarar da ta gabata.
Kuma tafiya ta hanya?
Wasu daga cikinmu sun yi tafiya zuwa Connecticut don yin Babban Littattafan Club Rana ta Hutu a Mohegan Sun Casino, inda muka haɗu da Hank Phillipi Ryan, marubucin littafin Sauran MatarShekarar farko ce ta taron, wanda ya ƙunshi marubuta, tattaunawar kwamitin, da kuma damar yin mu'amala da mutane.
Akwai wani abu mai daɗi a tarurruka?
Mun karanta duk littattafan Harry Potter, don haka makon da aka fitar da fim ɗin ƙarshe mun saka kayan sawa kuma muka yi nishaɗi da tambayoyin da ba su da amfani. Lokacin da muke tattaunawa Shirye Player Daya, mun buga wasannin bidiyo tun daga shekarun 80.
Don amfanin waɗanda ke zaune a biranen Tagwaye, menene jadawalin ku?
Muna haɗuwa a daren Talata: uku na farko na kowane wata... a mashaya daban-daban (duba shafin yanar gizon don lokaci):
Talata 1 - Chanhassen - Makarantar II Bristro & Wine Bar (Satumba zuwa Mayu)
Talata ta 2 - Minneapolis - Jamhuriyar – Dandalin Calhoun
Talata ta 3 - St. Paul - Mashayar Amsterdam
A ƙarshe, me kuke so masu karatunmu su sani game da LITTAFAI & SANDU?
Muna neman faɗaɗa shirye-shiryenmu a duk faɗin ƙasar kuma mu yi shirye-shiryen podcast da bidiyo. Shin kuna son Littattafai & Mashaya a garinku? Tuntube ni ta gidan yanar gizon mu.
Bayan mun shiga duniya, mun shirya tsaf don zama ƙungiyar littattafai ta farko a sararin samaniya.