Tattered Cover owner takes education post
Janet Forgrieve, Rocky Mountain News
Published April 19, 2007 at midnight
Tattered Cover owner Joyce Meskis will take over as director of the University of Denver Publishing Institute in January, succeeding founding director Elizabeth Geiser, who is retiring after 32 years.
The four-week summer program is an intensive, graduate- level course designed to prepare students for careers in all aspects of book publishing.
Meskis, who bought a 950-square-foot Cherry Creek North bookstore in 1974 and has since expanded to three locations, has been one of the program's regular faculty members.
She has also served on the board of the American Booksellers Association, and has taught seminars abroad on the book industry.
Decades ago, Meskis abandoned plans for a teaching career in favor of selling books. She said she looks forward to getting more involved in academia.
"It's certainly an exciting challenge, and it dovetails nicely with everything we're doing there at the Tattered Cover," Meskis said.
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