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

[Allison Hedge Coke]

Pretty sad to use the recently deceased to forgive your own decision, Mr.
Jeff.

Just saying.


*Allison Adelle Hedge Coke*
*2022-2023 Mellon Dean’s Professor*
*Center for Ideas & Society*
*Distinguished Professor*
*Creative Writing, School of Medicine,*

*& the proposed Dept. of Society, Environment, & Health Equity (SEHE) *
*2022-2023 Mellon Dean's Professor*
<https://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/fellowships/>

*Center for Ideas and Society
<https://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/fellowships/>*

*Weird Times, Be Kind*
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
<https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/allisonh>
Director, Writers Week 2021, 2022 <http://writersweek.ucr.edu>, Co-Director
in 2023
Along the Chaparral, Sandhill Crane Fest
author/editor of 18 books
Most recent release, National Book Award Finalist,  *Look at This Blue
<https://coffeehousepress.org/collections/shop/products/look-at-this-blue>*

She/her
Surname is Hedge Coke, no hyphen


On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 8:42 AM Alex Espinoza <alex.espinoza2 at ucr.edu>
wrote:

> 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!
>>
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/RepMarkTakano/posts/726561515495921
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>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/75080+Frank+Sinatra+Drive+%0D%0A+Palm+Desert,+CA+92211?entry=gmail&source=g>
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>> Tod Goldberg
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>> Professor, Program Director
>>
>> Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts
>>
>> 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/75080+Frank+Sinatra+Drive+%0D%0A+Palm+Desert,+CA+92211?entry=gmail&source=g>
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>> Palm Desert, CA 92211
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/75080+Frank+Sinatra+Drive+%0D%0A+Palm+Desert,+CA+92211?entry=gmail&source=g>
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>> 760-834-0928
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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
>>
>> I sent a note to the address given on the online form. I really hope the
>> owner changes his mind.
>>
>> LL
>>
>>
>> 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>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Great to know!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Allison Adelle Hedge Coke*
>>
>> *2022-2023 Mellon Dean’s Professor*
>>
>> *Center for Ideas & Society*
>>
>> *Distinguished Professor*
>>
>> *Creative Writing, School of Medicine,*
>>
>> *& the proposed Dept. of Society, Environment, & Health Equity (SEHE) *
>>
>> *2022-2023 Mellon Dean's Professor*
>> <https://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/fellowships/>
>>
>> *Center for Ideas and Society*
>> <https://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/fellowships/>
>>
>> *Weird Times, Be Kind*
>>
>> Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
>> <https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/allisonh>
>>
>> Director, Writers Week 2021, 2022 <http://writersweek.ucr.edu>,
>> Co-Director in 2023
>>
>> Along the Chaparral, Sandhill Crane Fest
>>
>> author/editor of 18 books
>>
>> Most recent release, National Book Award Finalist,  *Look at This Blue *
>> <https://coffeehousepress.org/collections/shop/products/look-at-this-blue>
>>
>>
>>
>> She/her
>>
>> 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>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Goldberry
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 1:59 PM b b <bonnieandclyd at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Tom.  How nice it’d be if these places could co-exist side by
>> side, along with their differences….
>>
>> Bonnie Bolling, MFA
>>
>> Editor in chief
>>
>> *Verdad*
>>
>> verdadmagazine.org
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>> On Jan 19, 2023, at 2:16 PM, Allen Ivers <iversallen0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  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.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Allen Ivers
>>
>>
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>> On Jan 19, 2023, at 10:30 AM, Tom Lutz <tomlutz at ucr.edu> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 11:19 AM Goldberry Long <goldberry.long at ucr.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> GB
>>
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>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 10:44 AM Sarah Helms <shelm007 at ucr.edu> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 11:25 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
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>> 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.
>>
>>
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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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshopcanyoncrest.com%2Fcontact-us&data=05%7C01%7C%7C2ffb68ed533a4dd98e5708dafa5a14e0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638097562122759371%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QAdrCBq8ghg55qdXkA4T%2B3apRWbDVd8nwDDs6fK9CaY%3D&reserved=0>
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>> 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
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>> UC Riverside
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>> Goldberry Long, MA, MFA
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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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>>
>> Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Creative Writing
>>
>> Distinguished Teaching Professor
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>> she/her what's this?
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