Newly-opened independent bookstore Denver Book Society is cutting ties with Kwame Spearman, former Tattered Cover CEO and Denver mayoral candidate.
The departure comes as Spearman and the business have faced backlash on social media stemming from Spearman’s past comments on immigration.
Spearman, who announced his departure in a Westword op-ed, didn’t address the criticisms directly, but said that he had “spent the last several years trying to build and contribute in this city and across the state.”…