By Sarah Mosqueda
FROM: L.A. Times

LibroMobile Arts Cooperative, a literary arts co-op and bookstore in Santa Ana, has existed in many places since it opened in 2016.

Sarah Rafael Garcia, an artist, educator, curator and author, operated the bookstore out of pushcarts and pop-up events in a rented stairwell before moving into a small warehouse in an alley off 4th and Spurgeon streets in 2018.

But running the bookstore out of the 190-square-foot warehouse hasn’t been easy in such a small space; the shop will close Sunday before reopening Jan. 7 at a new, larger location near the Bristol Swap Mall.

Garcia opened LibroMobile in response to the closing of another iconic Santa Ana bookstore, Librería Martínez, which was founded by Chicano activist Rueben Martinez. It aims to build community, cultivate diversity and promote literacy by offering books and free art programming.

When she was first looking at the new space near the Bristol Swap Mall, Garcia said, she wanted to expand LibroMobile to two locations. Read Rest of Article Here