In this issue, Alki asks, “Where are we now?” Articles cover a reflection on the past, a resilience in the present moment, and a hope for restoration in the future. This is a shorter issue than usual, but it’s been a long past year.
Cover attribution: Art by Jannah Minnix. Jannah is a public librarian in Snohomish County who grew up in Southern California. In 2019, she published Awakening to Wildfire: Stories of the Mendocino Lake Complex Fire, an anthology of stories about a 2017 fire that ripped through Mendocino County, CA where she worked as a children's librarian. She loves serving rural communities, especially when she gets to draw on windows and be generally creative at work. She is currently the Vice Chair of the Public Library Division of WLA.
