Jonathan Papernick ndi mlembi nkhani zolemba nkhani * The Ascent of Eli Israel *, * Alibe Wina * ndi * The Book of Stone *. Zolemba zake zapezeka m'magazini ambiri olemba mabuku, monga: * Mitsempha *, * Post Road *, Green Mountains Review *, * Night Train *, * Blunderbuss *, * Folio * ndi * Confrontation *. Ntchito yake inali yovomerezeka mu * Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction kuchokera ku Edge *, * Scribblers pa Door *, * The Moment, * * Sudden Flash Youth * ndi * Six-Word Memoirs pa Jewish Life *. Dara Horn amachititsa Papernick "wolemba kale," ndipo nyuzipepala ya New York Times inalemba kuti, "Pali zovuta zedi pa nkhani za Papernick." Papernick waphunzitsa zolemba zongopeka ku Pratt Institute, University of Brandeis, Bar Ilan University, Emerson College Olemba a Grub Street ndi Emerson College. Munthu wina wa ku Toronto, Papernick amakhala ndi mkazi wake ndi ana awiri awiri kunja kwa Boston kumene iye ndi Mlembi Wamkulu Wophunzira ku Koleji.
Rachel Sherman: Kodi mungathe kufotokozera ulendo wolemba Bukhu la Mwala? Kodi zimakutengerani bwanji kuti mutsirize? Nchiyani chinalimbikitsa lingalirolo?
Jonathan Papernick: * Buku la Mwala * linanditengera nthawi yaitali kuti ndilembe. Ndinayamba kulembera mu September 2000 nditatha nkhani yanga yoyamba. * Mtundu wa Eli Israel * unali wofalitsa ndi ofalitsa a New York. Ndinachita ndi mutu wa chiwonongeko chachiyuda pa nkhani zowonongeka ndipo ndinaganiza kuti sindinadziyeretse chidwi chomwecho ndikuganiza kuti ndikufuna kulemba buku lakale ku Brooklyn komwe ndimakhala panthawiyo. Chochititsa chidwi, bukuli linayamba kubwera palimodzi pa galimoto yopanda mafilimu kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Wesleyan kupita ku Fort Greene, ku Brooklyn. Choyamba, bambo wa protagonist, woweruza wamkulu Walter Stone anayamba kupanga m'maganizo mwanga. Panthawiyo, bambo anga anali kuyesa kukhala woweruza ku Canada ndipo analibe mwayi, ndipo ndinkafuna kuti awone kuti si oweruza onse omwe anali anthu abwino ndipo panalibe manyazi kuti asakhale woweruza.
Ndinadziwanso kuti khalidwe langa lapadera linali mnyamata wotayika wa zaka za m'ma 20s yemwe anali wosiyana ndi bambo ake omwe anali atangomwalira kumene. Ndipo ndinadziwa kuti khalidwe langa lidzayamba bukuli padenga la nyumba ndikuganiza kudzipha. Kupatula apo, zinali zovuta kuyika bukuli palimodzi monga ndinkadziwa kuti ndikufuna kuti nkhani zanga ziziwoneka PG poyerekezera, ndinkafuna kulemba chinthu china chowombera, chopweteka, chinachake chomwe chingayambitse kukambirana ndi kutsutsana.
Ndinalemba kwa nthawi yaitali mumdima, osadziwa momwe ndingapezere komwe ndinkafuna koma ndikulimbikitsanso zaka ziwiri kapena zitatu nkhaniyi inayamba kuchitika. Nditangokambirana ndi mlembi wanga, Michelle Caplan ku Fig Tree Books kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2014, kulembedwa kumeneku kunachotsedwadi. Ndimakumbukira kwambiri bukuli ndikukakamiza kuti ndikumbe mozama ndikupanga zolemba zanga, kuzikakamiza kwambiri, kutenga zowonjezereka ndi miyezi isanu ndi itatu kenako, ndinali ndi mawu olembedwa zikwi zana limodzi makumi atatu ndi zisanu buku lomwe tiri nalo lero.
Kodi mungalankhule za zomwe mwakumana nazo polemba bukuli ndi Mkuyu Mtengo? Kodi n'chiyani chimapangitsa Mtengo wa Mkuyu kusiyana ndi ofalitsa ena?
Chinthu changa chogwira ntchito ndi Mtengo wa Mkuyu chakhala chodabwitsa, choyamba chifukwa cha ubale wapamtima womwe ndinatha kukhala nawo ndi mkonzi wanga. Ndibuku langa lokhala limodzi la mabuku anayi oyambirira omwe akufalitsa pazndandanda zawo, ndinasamalidwa kwambiri osati kuchokera kwa mkonzi, koma kuchokera kwa wina aliyense ku nyumba yosindikizira. Ndikudziwa kuti nyumba zambiri zikuluzikulu zingaoneke ngati zolemekezeka, koma zimakhala zophweka kuti zisawonongeke, ndipo nthawi zonse ndimamva kuti buku langa linali lodetsa nkhaŵa osati ine, koma tsogolo la Mtengo ankafuna kuti awonongeke kwambiri mdziko lolemba.
Ndikuganiza kuti ndi apadera, osati chifukwa cha chidwi chimene amapereka kwa olemba awo, komanso chifukwa chakuti saopa kutenga mwayi ndipo amagwira ntchito ndi zovuta zina, ma buku omwe ofalitsa ambiri angakhale nawo mantha. Palibe aliyense pa mkuyu yemwe adandipempha kuti ndiwonetsere chirichonse, koma mosiyana kwambiri, ndinauzidwa kuti ndisatenge ziphuphu zanga ndi kulola bukuli kuti lipite komwe liyenera kutero.
Pamene bukhu lanu limayankhula ndi nkhani zambiri zotsutsana, kodi mwasinthapo zomwe zakudodometsani?
Popeza bukhuli lapita kwachepera sabata, sindinayankhepo zambiri koma kupatulapo ndemanga zochepa chabe zomwe zinkakhudza kwambiri. Pali mbali ya ine yomwe imaganiza kuti gawo lina la owerenga achiyuda lingathe kuona kuti bukuli ndi "loipa kwa Ayuda," limene ndikuganiza ndi lingaliro lopanda pake kuyamba pomwe, koma ndilo loyambirira kwambiri kukambirana kofunika kwambiri zosokoneza.
Kodi moyo wanu wa tsiku ndi tsiku umagwira ntchito bwanji? Kodi mumapanga bwanji nthawi yanu yolemba?
Popeza ndimaphunzitsa nthawi zonse ku Emerson College ndikukhala ndi ana awiri, nthawi zambiri sizingatheke kupeza nthawi yolemba. Ndimakonda kukhala wolemba "streaky" omwe mwachidziwikire amaikidwa pawonetsedwe ndi buku ili pamene ine ndinalemba bukhu lonselo mu miyezi isanu ndi itatu. Nthaŵi zambiri ndimakhala ndikulemba maola asanu ndi limodzi ndi asanu ndi awiri patsiku, koma ndikhoza kupita miyezi ndi miyezi popanda kulemba. Ngakhale nthawi zina ndimadzimva chisoni, ndikuganiza kuti ubongo umasowa nthawi yoti uzigwiritsanso ntchito, ndipo wolemba nthawi zonse amalembera m'lingaliro lakuti nthawi zonse amasonkhanitsa malingaliro ake, kumalimbikitsa malingaliro awo mpaka atakonzekera kumoyo. Ndili ndi banja, ndizochepa zokambirana, ndipo ndikuyenera kuwonetsa ndalama zokwanira kuti ndipereke buku langa nthawi yomwe ndikufunikira kuti ikhale ndi moyo.
Ndi malangizo ati omwe muli nawo kwa olemba achinyamata?
Chabwino, mfundo zanga ndizokuti olemba achinyamata ayenera kuwerenga ndi kuwerenga zonse ndikuwerenga nthawi zonse - zonse zolembera zamakono komanso zamakono. Ayenera kumverera kuti sakudziwa zambiri. Ndikukhulupirira kuti nthawi zonse timaphunzira kulembera, kaya ndife aang'ono kapena akuluakulu - palibe mphindi yomwe tifika, pamene tikhoza kunena kuti tazipanga, ndizochitika nthawi zonse.
N'kofunikanso kuti olemba akhale pansi pa mpando patsogolo pa kompyuta kapena papepala ndikupanganso ntchitoyo. Palibe chodabwitsa chokhala wolemba, ndi kusungulumwa kwa kuika chinachake pansi pa tsamba ndikubwezeretsanso ndikubwezeretsanso ndikubwezeretsanso mpaka kumveka bwino.
Olemba ndi achikulire ayenera kulemekeza kudzikuza ndi kudzichepetsa. Pamene takhala pansi kuti tilembe, ndife olenga, milungu muzithunzi ndipo tikuyenera kulemba ndi kudzikuza kwambiri, pamene tikulenga anthu enieni, amitundu ambiri, omwe amachokera ku tsamba. Komabe, pamene tipita kudziko ngati olemba, tiyenera kudzipereka modzichepetsa kwambiri. Pali zinthu zambiri zomwe anthu angathe kuchita ndi nthawi yawo, kaya akuwonera kanema, kapena kusewera masewera a pakompyuta kapena kukhala ndi anzanu, ndipo pali zikwi ndi zikwi za mabuku omwe amafalitsidwa chaka chilichonse, ndipo palibe chifukwa cha wina aliyense kunja kwa bwalo lathu lokha kuti wina awerenge mabuku athu, makamaka ngati tili odzikweza kapena olondola mwa njira iliyonse. Olemba amafunika kudziwonetsera momasuka ndi omasuka, kumvetsetsa kuti tikupempha kuti wina awononge maola asanu kapena asanu ndi limodzi kapena ochulukirapo yekha ndi mawu athu okha kuti awasunge.
Jonathan adzakhala akuwerenga ku Greenlight Bookstore ku Brooklyn NY pa May 18th pa 7pm. Maulendo ena oyendera maulendo adatchulidwa pano.