Joyce Meskis, owner of the Tattered Cover bookstore, reads from a collection of stories, Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write From the Heart of the West. These readings, from the Words to Stir the Soul series hosted by the Center of the American West, are an occasional feature of Colorado Matters.
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