The Book Pages columnist Erik Pedersen talked to 5 Southern California bookstores about Saturday’s events.
. “We’re having a big party celebrating the community and what we have here. We are doing a Drag Queen Storytime at 2 – but that has sold out.”
Muhammad said the store had copies of signed books from children’s authors such as Kwame Alexander, former Clippers player Craig Smith and “Hamilton” star Leslie Odom Jr. “We have a homecoming reading for a local poet heidi andrea restrepo rhodes,” says Sarah Rafael García of Santa Ana’s Libromobile Arts Cooperative & Bookstore. “Also, we wanted to couple it with Vickie Vértiz, who is from Los Angeles. They have very similar styles of writing and Vickie is a longtime supporter of the bookstore.
“The event is not inside the bookstore, so the bookstore is open for visiting regardless of whether you come for the event or not,” says Rafael García.What an incredible range of fun IBD events, right? I was surprised by what I learned, but maybe I shouldn’t have been. As Chukaruka’s Turner told me, these events represent who these stores and booksellers are.
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