[Crwt-undergrad-info] [CW-Grad] Cellar Door Books

[Roda Avelar]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention! I've sent a letter to the
email listed above, it only took a few minutes!

Roda

On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 6:01 AM Tom Lutz <tomlutz at ucr.edu> wrote:

> We would like to enlist the department in helping Riverside's ONLY
> independent bookstore, Cellar Door Books.  Last night, the owner of Cellar
> Door, Linda, received an eviction notice that gives her 40 days to leave
> her current location. The store is profitable and well-run. But Linda has
> one strike against her: she is vocally and very publicly progressive.
>
> For years now, Cellar Door has held Drag Queen Story Hour. When Jammin'
> Bread closed, a new owner moved in and opened a cafe called Arcade. This
> place is owned by a very conservative member of a megachurch whose
> congregation can be seen protesting, yelling, and frowning mightily against
> Cellar Door's Drag Queen Story Hour, as well as Linda's ongoing masking
> policy and frequent displays of novels by minoritized groups, Black and
> Latinx and Queer and Asian and Indigenous and others. Linda has prominent
> signs in the windows supporting BLM and other progressive causes.
>
> Cellar Door has always stocked UCR writers, and our department has held
> readings there. It is a thriving place where book clubs meet and local
> children first learn to browse the shelves. We would like as many people as
> possible to write to the owner of Canyon Crest. Those protesting Cellar
> Door have written many letters, and I'd like her landlord, the owner of
> Canyon Crest Towne Center to know there are just as many, and probably
> more, voices who support Cellar Door.
>
> Canyon Crest Management,Inc.
> Maggie Sarinana
> maggie at canyoncrestmgmt.com
> Office: 951-686-1222 Ext 10
>
> There is also a contact form here: https://shopcanyoncrest.com/contact-us
> <https://shopcanyoncrest.com/contact-us>
>
> And of course we encourage going to the store and supporting it, too.
>
> Thanks, Tom Lutz and Goldberry Long
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*Roda Avelar*
MFA Candidate in Poetry, 2023
UC Riverside
(she / they)
www.rodolfoavelar.com
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