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

[Joshua Hardina]

Let's keep those letters coming!

On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 10:30 AM Patrick Carroll <pcarr016 at ucr.edu> wrote:

> 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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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Roda Avelar*
>> MFA Candidate in Poetry, 2023
>> UC Riverside
>> (she / they)
>> www.rodolfoavelar.com
>>
>>
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