The Silver Lake Reading Club at the Lamill coffee house in Los Angeles is open every Tuesday evening for two hours. Here, close to two dozen readers pay $17 to enjoy their books in silence. Helen Bui, the club’s founder and organizer, is surprised at how popular the club has become, but when you think about it, spending a few hours to get lost in a different world—and then coming together to chat with other readers about the stories they’re immersed in—is heaven for book lovers. Thomas Curwen captures the magic in this light and breezy read.
So much of L.A. life is about coming and going, but the readers here inhabit an in-between space where motion has stopped and time is suspended, filled with the wonder, anger, humor and passion of writers — Paul Murray, Thich Nhat Hanh, Kurt Vonnegut, David Sedaris.
Their books are their calling cards, signals of taste and interests (spiritual, historical, popular, esoteric) that link the private with the public. Forget swiping right; this is the prospect of a post-pandemic meaningful encounter.
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