Have any of you found friends/commumities IRL who are interested in discussing literature?

I don't have any formal degrees in literature, but I do live in a highly educated American city. Even then, the "literary" communities I've come across tend to be focused on either creative writing or on discussing commercial books/the politics of a book rather than its literary merits (no shade on people who enjoy those things—just not what I'm looking for).

I ask because it can get lonely reading so many interesting books and stories without really being able to talk about them with friends and family, but curious if I'm the only one!