The founders’ original decision to close the bookshop came as a response to repeated harassment to employees. Now, thanks to community support, the store will live on as a nonprofit.
Kealie Mardell-Carrera with her dog Ninkasi of Underdog Bookstore. The owners previously announced they were leaving the bookstore due to increasing homophobic and racist altercations in store will be operating under new leaders as a nonprofit in Monrovia on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. including authors of color, queer writers and more, including threats of physical violence and verbal abuse.
Author Haley Lantiegne reads her book to a group of young readers at Underdog Bookstore in Monrovia. Kealie Mardell-Carrera, left, with Catherine McCallum, center, and Amber Castellanos of the nonprofit at Underdog Bookstore. The owners previously announced they were leaving the bookstore due to increasing homophobic and racist altercations in store will be operating under new leaders as a nonprofit in Monrovia on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
Many Monrovians visited Underdog Bookstore during the grand opening in Monrovia on April 8, 2023. “We ultimately came to the decision that what was best for us, the owners, was just to step back from being in the store and running it,” Murtland said in April. “We started receiving frequent messages and comments… would call the store owners pedophiles, groomers and other gross things. And that was when we realized that we couldn’t do the bookstore forever.
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