[Crwt-undergrad-info] UCR MFA Alumni [CW-Grad] Cellar Door Books

[Patrick Carroll]

As now have I--thank you Tom, thank you Roda. Let's keep this going.

-Patrick

On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 10:25 AM Roda Avelar <ravel007 at ucr.edu> wrote:

> 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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>
>
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> *Roda Avelar*
> MFA Candidate in Poetry, 2023
> UC Riverside
> (she / they)
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