Our Team

Quinn’s career in nonprofit began with volunteering in high school and college, followed by leadership roles in community organizations and churches in Akron, Chicago, and Cleveland. In addition to her grant writing and fundraising work, she has a parallel corporate editorial career, primarily in healthcare administration. She is a wedding officiant and funeral celebrant as well as a Bookseller and slam poet. 

Quinn’s pronouns are she/her and she goes by Quinn.

Marlie came to the shop as a management trainee in 2022. After her internship year, she joined our permanent staff in  a supervisory role. 

Marlie’s previous naval career, with extensive training in compliance, safety and operational security, helps her keep a tight ship; she manages the treat and break schedule for our Booksellers and conducts sniff test screenings for job applicants. 

Marlie is nonbinary, and her pronouns are she/they. Like all merle Chihuahuas, she is a lifelong disability rights activist.

Cha Cha fled the Bolshevik Revolution with her jewels sewn into the hem of her gown. After many years of wandering around postwar Europe, she joined the Sputnik 2 mission, but when her colleague Laika died of human sabotage, Cha Cha abandoned space exploration. She stowed away on a train for Liverpool, then a ship to the Americas, where she was referred to The Reading Room CLE by a placement agency for elderly dogs of respectable backgrounds who had fallen on impecunious times.

Cha Cha graced us with her regal and imperious presence for five years. She died of battle injuries in 2022, and is much missed.