“We also wanted to create something that puts people back in the role of taste making. Our generation is so used to amazon recommendations and familiar aisles at the bookstore, that we rarely go to an unfamiliar section and choose a book that we think we wouldn’t enjoy, right? Well [reads] is doing just that— we’re giving you books you wouldn’t normally choose for yourself.”
Friends Emma Stevenson and Rachael Yaeger have recently launched [reads] a subscription and delivery service of both adults and children books. The vision for their modern literary offering is to “learn forever” and to inspire people of all ages to discover books, spark new ideas and develop conversations. Think Anni Albers’ only notebook, Werner Herzog’s Of Walking in Ice, photography book by Robert Adams The New West, and The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick…
[reads] recently hosts monthly literary dinner with the likes of Durga Chew-Bose and Jenny Zhang. These dinners bring people together to meet each other and have conversations around books. [reads] is hosting a literary escape to Mexico City with Subway Book Review. The upcoming retreat in April will focus on, carving out time to read, while staying at Chaya Bed and Breakfast, visiting Frida Kahlo’s house, and having a literary dinner with a local author…
Sign. Me. Up.
