About Joyce Meskis
Lived 1942 – 2022 (aged 79–80). Joyce Meskis was an American bookseller.
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.
Life Meskis studied at Purdue University.
In 1974, she bought the Tattered Cover bookstore. In 1991, she was president of the American Booksellers Association. She retired in 2015.
Meskis had two daughters.
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Who was Joyce Meskis?
American bookseller
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Joyce Meskis was born in 1942.
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Joyce Meskis died on 22 December 2022.
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Joyce Meskis was a bookseller.
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Joyce Meskis was American.
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