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Snow this morning will taper off and give way to cloudy skies this afternoon. Temps nearly steady in the mid to upper 30s. Winds W at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 90%..

Partly cloudy early followed by cloudy skies overnight. A few flurries or snow showers possible. Low near 30F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said he is impressed with the proposed biodiesel plant that a company wants to locate in Pullman.

MOSCOW — After a month away from the mats because of an injury, Moscow’s Skyla Zimmerman pinned her semifinal-round opponent, Prairie’s Holli Schumacher, in the second period for her 100th high school wrestling victory.

I needed to get a couple things washed yesterday but I also have the responsibility of going to work. My boss seems to find consistent and on-time arrivals each scheduled workday an important trait in his employees. Therefore, washing those items before I went to work wasn’t possible.

The lowly lentil, long overshadowed by sexier beans like adzuki, garbanzo and black turtle beans, is undergoing a glam campaign to elevate it into the pantheon of superfoods.

Helping dogs limit their aggression or learn how to go outside to relieve themselves are among the services offered by a business located just outside of Pullman.

I often run through a spectrum of feelings when I assemble a new display in the library’s youth section. Many displays I create involve rainbows, hearts or cute animals (sometimes all of the above). Each of these displays brings me joy through creativity, excitement at showcasing our books, and hope that ultimately our displays will get books in the hands of library patrons. Occasionally, a display will cause me to pause and reflect on the importance of the display within our community, the complexity and nuance of the topic, and my own position of privilege in presenting books that represent voices and experiences that are often not my own. Youth Services’ new Own Voices display has caused me to pause and reflect on these ideas and more.

What do we mean when we say Own Voices books or authors? The term Own Voices started as a hashtag by author Corinne Duyvis to identify diverse books that are written by members of that same group. By reading and promoting Own Voices books we are trying to ensure that rich stories about diverse characters written by authors who share the same identity become the norm. There’s a lot of nuance within this term because identities themselves are complex so it’s important to listen to those within a community to determine whether a story is culturally representative.

Now more than ever, Own Voices books have a vital place on our library shelves. In her work titled “Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors” (1990), Rudine Sime Bishop wrote: “Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined. … These windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through … to become part of whatever world has been created. … When lighting conditions are just right, however, a window can also be a mirror. Literature transforms human experience and reflects it …, and in that reflection, we can see our own lives and experiences as part of the larger human experience.” Own Voices books can be all this and more. Our youth deserve to see themselves represented authentically in the library and Own Voices authors help to ensure that the people telling our youth stories are coming from a culturally representative place.

To celebrate Black History Month, the library presents a new monthly rotating Own Voices display highlighting Black authors all month long. We plan to update this display periodically to highlight new voices in the library. The library also collaborated with the Alpha Nu Multicultural Sorority to create a display for Black History Month. Our partnership with Alpha Nu was an effort to ensure that representative voices are being heard. We appreciate its perspective and insight in curating a display with voices different from our own. Additionally, we are offering an online reading challenge through Beanstack to celebrate Black History Month. Readers are encouraged to seek out Black authors and illustrators and explore events in the community honoring the Black experience. If you’re interested in registering for the online challenge, please go to our Beanstack website at neill-lib.beanstack.org/.

We at the library would like to invite you to check out an Own Voices book in the coming months. The book you select may be a window or it may be a mirror; regardless I hope that you can see value in these stories and the impact it can have on our youth. Afterall, who would you want telling your story to the world?

Ferguson is the youth services technician at Neill Public Library in Pullman.

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