By Vera Casaneda
FROM: TimesOC

When author Sarah Rafael García’s LibroMobile began taking up space in a Santa Ana back alley off 4th and Spurgeon streets, the purpose was to cultivate diversity through books. The past year has been about how to take up space online to survive.

LibroMobile’s Literary Arts Festival is going virtual on Jan. 23 from noon to 8 p.m. The free one-day event will present a mix of live readings, workshops and music.

When curating the festival lineup García and Marilynn Montaño, the bookstore’s social media and event coordinator, focused on local and visiting artists who have supported the bookstore, Santa Ana or who have elevated the voices of Black and indigenous people of color.

Viewers can expect book, art vendor and business recommendations, drag queen story-time, a Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Assn. collaboration and a performance from the band Apollo Bebop. Read Rest of Article here.