Remembering Joyce Meskis, the last word on the First Amendment and a Denver treasure.
Denver is a sadder city today: We lost Joyce Meskis, the longtime owner ofIt is impossible to imagine what this city would be like had Joyce Meskis not bought a hole-in-the-wall Cherry Creek bookshop from Stephen Cogil Casari in 1974, three years after he founded it. Denver was a very different place then, and the store grew as Denver did, eventually becoming one of the largest and most revered bookstores in America, with branches stretching from Highlands Ranch to Denver International Airport..
“When a person buys a book at a bookstore, he engages in activity protected by the First Amendment because he is exercising his right to read and receive ideas and information,” Justice Michael Bender wrote in the court's decision. “Any governmental action that interferes with the willingness of customers to purchase books, or booksellers to sell books, thus implicates First Amendment concerns.”recognized Meskis as a First Amendment hero.
The business was also unpredictable, she noted:"With the e-book phenomenon, much of the media had been pronouncing that the book as we know it, paper and ink, is dead. Not to mention Amazon." Those endeavors continue at Tattered and at keyboards across the country. Joyce Meskis wrote the book on what it means to be not just a great Coloradan but also a true American hero.It is with deep sadness that we inform you about the passing of the literary force behind Tattered Cover, Joyce Meskis. Joyce Meskis passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2022 surrounded by her family at her home. Joyce purchased Tattered Cover in 1974 and ran the store until 2015.
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