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Joyce Meskis

American bookseller (1942–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Joyce Meskis (March 12, 1942 – December 22, 2022) was an American bookseller. She owned the Tattered Cover bookstore from 1974. In 1995, she won a PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award.[1][2]

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Life

Meskis studied at Purdue University.[3]

In 1974, she bought the Tattered Cover bookstore.[4] In 1991, she was president of the American Booksellers Association.[1][5] She retired in 2015.[3][6][7]

Meskis had two daughters.[3] Meskis died on December 22, 2022, at the age of 80.[8]

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