Welcome to The Literary Cafe, a website for those who find that books are often the starting point for a conversation. The Literary Cafe was started by two friends, Janine Pollack and Lori Theisen. They met while pursuing their master's degrees at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Ardent book fans and members of book clubs, they wanted to share the contents of their book shelves, the discussions brewing around them, and mostly how to gather and foster great discussion through knowledge, good food and drink, and experiences.
