Tag: Kwame Spearman
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Joyce Meskis, longtime owner of the Tattered Cover and ‘literary lioness,’ dies
Joyce Meskis is a name every Denverite knows — or should know. The longtime CEO of the Tattered Cover Bookstore, well known for her First Amendment advocacy, died late Thursday at her home. Online records and published reports indicated she was 80 years old but The Denver Gazette could not confirm her age. The bookstore…
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Tattered Cover, with bar, to open in Westminster
The next chapter in the story of Tattered Cover, Colorado’s largest independent bookseller, begins next week when its new location opens in Westminster. Fans of the storied retailer will surely celebrate the plot twist in store for them: Adult beverages at the Best Sellers Bar. It’s the chain’s fifth full-sized store, continuing an expansion that…
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The new owners of Denver’s beloved Tattered Cover bookstores talk the next 50 years
Last week, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Denver’s famous Tattered Cover bookstores to change ownership for the second time since the retirement of longtime owner Joyce Meskis in 2017. The independent bookstores were purchased by Colorado investors, Denver natives and long-time friends Kwame Spearman and David Back, founding partners of Bended Page, LLC. Spearman and Back…