書商喬伊斯·梅斯基斯 (Joyce Meskis)

 

Joyce Meskis, Bookseller Who Defended Readers’ Rights, Dies at 80

Her Denver bookstore, the Tattered Cover, was among the country’s best, and she often found herself in the midst of First Amendment fights.

捍衛讀者權利的書商喬伊斯·梅斯基斯 (Joyce Meskis) 去世，享年 80 歲

她在丹佛的書店 Tattered Cover(意思：書的封面讓您翻到破爛？) 是全國最好的書店之一，她經常發現自己身處第一修正案的鬥爭之中。

“This is about access to private records of the book-buying public,” she told The New York Times in 2000. “If buyers thought that their records would be turned over to the government, it would have a chilling affect on what they buy and what they read.”

In 2002 the State Supreme Court ruled that both the First Amendment and the Colorado Constitution “protect an individual’s fundamental right to purchase books anonymously, free from governmental interference.”