Passion for books – and each other – keeps the pages of life turning for Meslers

Profile feature in the “Making it Work” series for The Commercial Appeal

June 18, 2009

“I live among bookshelves,” says Corey Mesler, co-owner, along with wife, Cheryl, of Burke’s Book Store.

He speaks not just of his home where, admittedly, knickknacks have no place to roost, but of the little bookstore in Cooper-Young, as inviting as any living room and brimming with literature, history, memoirs and fables.

The Meslers have led a bookish life together since meeting at Burke’s Book Store’s former location at Poplar and Evergreen … (read more)