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

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Done. Thank you for the information.

Bonnie Bolling, MFA
Editor in chief
Verdad
verdadmagazine.org





On Jan 19, 2023, at 12:34 PM, Robin Russin <robin.russin at ucr.edu> wrote:

 I also wrote to them.

Robin

On Jan 19, 2023, at 10:29 AM, Patrick Carroll <pcarr016 at ucr.edu<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto:maggie at canyoncrestmgmt.com>
Office: 951-686-1222 Ext 10

There is also a contact form here: https://shopcanyoncrest.com/contact-us <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshopcanyoncrest.com%2Fcontact-us&data=05%7C01%7C%7C1db8a0854f5c4e5b6c1d08dafa4bce27%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638097500764191311%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JlqDin8zIcc%2F4qO%2BYbVpPgCRUkOQlyp%2F1osPjymyKCs%3D&reserved=0>

And of course we encourage going to the store and supporting it, too.

Thanks, Tom Lutz and Goldberry Long
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