- Title: Founder and host of the Lit Club, a ticketed book club and writing salon with cannabis pairings.
- Location: Los Angeles
- Venues: Private homes, online, bookshops, galleries, and cannabis lounges.
- The job: In addition to facilitating, Eko selects each month’s title and cannabis strain.
- Brass tacks: The Lit Club meets the last Sunday of every month, usually in person. Naturally, activities begin at 4:20 p.m., with a guided writing exercise, followed by a book discussion with a strain or cannabis-drink pairing. Authors sometimes join for a reading and Q&A. Attendance is capped at 26; the suggested donation is $33 to $55.
- Primary clients: Women drawn to Eko’s curation of books exclusively by female and nonbinary authors.
- Past picks: Yellowface, by R.F. Kuang; Nightbitch, by Rachel Yoder; Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
- Prep: Eko reads 40 to 50 books a year.
- Perks: The surprising ways cannabis opens unexpected pathways—how a strain, a sentence, or a shared vulnerability can shift the entire conversation.
- Ethos: “The goal is not to get as high as possible,” Eko says. She promotes an environment where curiosity matters more than having done the homework. “You don’t have to read the book.”•
This article appears in Issue 35 of Alta Journal.
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Jennifer Lewis is the editor in chief and publisher of Red Light Lit, a small press and reading series established in 2013. She is the author of the short story collection The New Low, published by Black Lawrence Press.
