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

Sat Jan 21 08:42:37 PST 2023

I don’t know who else saw this, but the shopping center sent out some BS
press release (With a really awful opening sentence) about their decision
to ask the bookstore to leave on their Instagram account:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnqmTspOQWh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Please keep emailing Jeff Learch at jlerch at canyoncrestmgmt.com to call this
nonsense out.

On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 4:25 PM Tod Goldberg <tod.goldberg at ucr.edu> wrote:

> Congressman (and one of our MFA alums!) Mark Takano, has made a statement.
> Can only help!
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> https://www.facebook.com/RepMarkTakano/posts/726561515495921
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> Tod Goldberg
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> Professor, Program Director
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> Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts
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> 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive
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> *From: *CWgrad-announcements <cwgrad-announcements-bounces at lists.ucr.edu>
> on behalf of Laila Lalami <lailal at ucr.edu>
> *Date: *Friday, January 20, 2023 at 3:15 PM
> *To: *Allison Hedge Coke <allisonh at ucr.edu>
> *Cc: *Michael Jayme <mjayme at ucr.edu>, Goldberry Long <
> goldberry.long at ucr.edu>, Jane Smiley <horse.chuckle at gmail.com>, alumni <
> mfa_alumni at lists.ucr.edu>, b b <bonnieandclyd at hotmail.com>, John Jennings
> <john.jennings at ucr.edu>, crwt-undergrad-info at lists.ucr.edu <
> crwt-undergrad-info at lists.ucr.edu>, Jos Charles <jos.d.charles at gmail.com>,
> Mfa edu <cwgrad-announcements at lists.ucr.edu>, Emily Susan Rapp Black <
> emily.rappblack at ucr.edu>, Allen Ivers <iversallen0 at gmail.com>, susan
> straight <gailarose at yahoo.com>, Steve Erickson <jainlight at mindspring.com>,
> Rachelle Cruz <rachellea.cruz at ucr.edu>, Joshua Hardina <jhard001 at ucr.edu>,
> Alex Espinoza <alex.espinoza2 at ucr.edu>, Charmaine Craig <
> charmaine.craig at ucr.edu>, Nalo Hopkinson <naloh at ucr.edu>, Reza Aslan <
> rezaaslan at gmail.com>, Josh Emmons <joshme at ucr.edu>, Andrew Winer <
> andreww at ucr.edu>
> *Subject: *Re: [CW-Grad] UCR MFA Alumni Cellar Door Books
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> I sent a note to the address given on the online form. I really hope the
> owner changes his mind.
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> LL
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> Laila Lalami
> Distinguished Professor
> Department of Creative Writing
> INTN 3016
> University of California, Riverside
> Riverside, CA 92521
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> On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 12:26 PM Allison Hedge Coke <allisonh at ucr.edu>
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> Great to know!
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> *Allison Adelle Hedge Coke*
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> *2022-2023 Mellon Dean’s Professor*
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> *Center for Ideas & Society*
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> *Distinguished Professor*
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> *Creative Writing, School of Medicine,*
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> *& the proposed Dept. of Society, Environment, & Health Equity (SEHE) *
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> *2022-2023 Mellon Dean's Professor*
> <https://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/fellowships/>
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> *Center for Ideas and Society*
> <https://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/fellowships/>
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> *Weird Times, Be Kind*
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> Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
> <https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/allisonh>
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> Director, Writers Week 2021, 2022 <http://writersweek.ucr.edu>,
> Co-Director in 2023
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> Along the Chaparral, Sandhill Crane Fest
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> author/editor of 18 books
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> Most recent release, National Book Award Finalist,  *Look at This Blue *
> <https://coffeehousepress.org/collections/shop/products/look-at-this-blue>
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> She/her
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> Surname is Hedge Coke, no hyphen
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> On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 7:20 AM Goldberry Long <goldberry.long at ucr.edu>
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> Dear Everyone,
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> Thank you for your help!  The owner of Canyon Crest who decided to evict
> Cellar Door is Mr. Jeff Lerch.  As you write your emails, please address
> them to him, not Maggie, who is not responsible for the choice. She has
> been kind to Cellar Door, and Mr. Lerch is the responsible party.
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> Best wishes,
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> Goldberry
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> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 1:59 PM b b <bonnieandclyd at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks, Tom.  How nice it’d be if these places could co-exist side by
> side, along with their differences….
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> Bonnie Bolling, MFA
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> Editor in chief
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> *Verdad*
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> verdadmagazine.org
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> On Jan 19, 2023, at 2:16 PM, Allen Ivers <iversallen0 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  I shall assemble my minions and draft responses!
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> It’s not often when we get to help someone who has helped us before.
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> -Allen Ivers
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> On Jan 19, 2023, at 10:30 AM, Tom Lutz <tomlutz at ucr.edu> wrote:
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> Yes, as I said in my note, I think the management of Canyon Crest is who
> should be contacted, as it is their lease with the book store that is in
> question. Allison Hedge Coke called, and the assistant manager at Arcade
> says they love the bookstore, they send customers there, they shop there.
> It is not Arcade that is behind this, and so I recommend that they not be
> vilified in this process. Sorry for any confusion.
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> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 11:19 AM Goldberry Long <goldberry.long at ucr.edu>
> wrote:
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> Thank you Sarah! As I said elsewhere, I can't confirm that it is
> definitely Arcade behind the eviction.  I do know that they asked the
> center's security to make Linda stop holding Drag Queen Story Hour
> (although they won't admit it) and they have been openly hostile to
> progressive causes (including an "Impeach Newsom" sign in their window and
> one owner retweeting the "Planned Parenthood sells baby parts" canard), but
> I cannot definitively link the owners to the eviction.  Please keep this in
> mind when protesting.
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> The landlord is the definitive cause of the eviction, and can easily be
> contacted via the information below.  It may well serve our goal of
> standing up for Cellar Door to focus on the landlord.
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> GB
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> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 10:44 AM Sarah Helms <shelm007 at ucr.edu> wrote:
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> Hi all, I went the route of leaving a negative Google review and then in
> my message to Canyon Crest management, elaborated some support for Cellar
> Door Books and let them know about said review. I don't think negative
> comments reviews are the always the best answer in our world...but felt ok
> for this, to me. Here is my review if helpful to anyone who would want to
> do the same.
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> In good conscience, I don't recommend coming to any Arcade location.
> Honestly I really wanted to ignore the politics of this business' owners
> because they are a local business with nice seating areas and decent
> coffee, even when I knew they did not follow mask mandates (that would have
> at least protected their most health-vulnerable customers). I was still ok
> supporting them and appreciated the space. The reason I'm writing this
> review now is that the conservatism of this business / its owners is
> infringing on the freedom and operations of the only independent bookstore
> in Riverside, Cellar Door Books, which is directly next to Arcade's outdoor
> seating area. Cellar Door Books carries a wealth of local authors (which of
> course includes queer, Indigenous, and other minority authors in the
> community, and events supporting them), loads of children's books, and
> classics. So! There are some wonderful other local coffee shops --
> Mundial's drip coffee is equally good and their lattes and specialty drinks
> are much, much better (!!); Molinos and Lift Roasters are also awesome.
> Take your business elsewhere and don't support a place that doesn't
> actively support the diversity, and health, of everyone in their community.
> We should expect our local businesses to be supportive of us all, and of
> other businesses. Riverside is better than this.
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> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 11:25 AM Roda Avelar <ravel007 at ucr.edu> wrote:
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> Thank you for bringing this to our attention! I've sent a letter to the
> email listed above, it only took a few minutes!
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> Roda
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> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 6:01 AM Tom Lutz <tomlutz at ucr.edu> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Canyon Crest Management,Inc.
> Maggie Sarinana
> maggie at canyoncrestmgmt.com
> Office: 951-686-1222 Ext 10
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> There is also a contact form here: https://shopcanyoncrest.com/contact-us
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> And of course we encourage going to the store and supporting it, too.
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> Thanks, Tom Lutz and Goldberry Long
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> Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Creative Writing
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> Distinguished Teaching Professor
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> she/her what's this?
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