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The Blog

Did you know? Our Community has 3 Different Library Systems

Which Library System is Which?

Skyler

Depending on where you live, you have FREE access to one of THREE different library systems locally: Spokane Public Library (us!), Spokane County Library District,

Earth Day 2024: Planet Vs. Plastics 

Sharma

Written by Sharma Shields I laughed out loud reading the subtitle of a recently published book on the climate crisis called I Want a Better Catastrophe (see the full title in the book list below), recognizing myself in the term “Compassionate Doomer.” Local novelist Alexis M. Smith and I used

Library Giving Day | April 3, 2024

Skyler

If you love your library, let us know! Library Giving Day is April, 3 – a time of year to reflect on the future of libraries and to support the programs, resources, and services your local library contributes to the Spokane community. Please consider donating on April 3 to help

Get Lit Festival! 2024

Sharma

Eastern Washington University’s annual Get Lit! Festival occurs April 11th-April 14th in various locations around Spokane and Coeur d’Alene, featuring a host of writing workshops, panels, and readings by regionally and nationally celebrated authors. Get Lit! is one of the major vehicles for literature in our city, and has no

“Won’t You Celebrate with Me:” April is National Poetry Month 

Sharma

Written by Sharma Shields “Won’t you celebrate with me / what I have shaped into / a kind of life?”   These famous lines are from Lucille Clifton’s poetry collection The Book of Light, which was first published in 1992 and then reissued in an anniversary edition in 2023 by the

The Rainbow & The Olive Branch | By HF Brownfield

Library Services

Written by local author HF Brownfield For me, queerness feels like a cheerful hum. An innocent tune that has always bounced around inside my chest. Some days I don’t even notice it. Then sometimes – without warning – the tune morphs into an emotional dirge. A heavy-handed reminder of the

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Did you know? Our Community has 3 Different Library Systems

Which Library System is Which?

Skyler

Depending on where you live, you have FREE access to one of THREE different library systems locally: Spokane Public Library (us!), Spokane County Library District,

Earth Day 2024: Planet Vs. Plastics 

Sharma

Written by Sharma Shields I laughed out loud reading the subtitle of a recently published book on the climate crisis called I Want a Better Catastrophe (see the full title in the book list below), recognizing myself in the term “Compassionate Doomer.” Local novelist Alexis M. Smith and I used

Library Giving Day | April 3, 2024

Skyler

If you love your library, let us know! Library Giving Day is April, 3 – a time of year to reflect on the future of libraries and to support the programs, resources, and services your local library contributes to the Spokane community. Please consider donating on April 3 to help

Get Lit Festival! 2024

Sharma

Eastern Washington University’s annual Get Lit! Festival occurs April 11th-April 14th in various locations around Spokane and Coeur d’Alene, featuring a host of writing workshops, panels, and readings by regionally and nationally celebrated authors. Get Lit! is one of the major vehicles for literature in our city, and has no

“Won’t You Celebrate with Me:” April is National Poetry Month 

Sharma

Written by Sharma Shields “Won’t you celebrate with me / what I have shaped into / a kind of life?”   These famous lines are from Lucille Clifton’s poetry collection The Book of Light, which was first published in 1992 and then reissued in an anniversary edition in 2023 by the

The Rainbow & The Olive Branch | By HF Brownfield

Library Services

Written by local author HF Brownfield For me, queerness feels like a cheerful hum. An innocent tune that has always bounced around inside my chest. Some days I don’t even notice it. Then sometimes – without warning – the tune morphs into an emotional dirge. A heavy-handed reminder of the

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