Buenos Aires, Argentina was home to author-illustrator Lila Quintero Weaver until the age of five, when she and her family immigrated to a small town in Alabama during 1961, in the heart of Alabama's Black Belt.
That Alabaman home was "chock full of books," predominately stocked by her father, who was orphaned and lived in the streets of Mendoza, yet he taught himself to read. "Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White"
is an ode to the staying power of that family history.
"Darkroom" began as an academic project, inspired by the graphic memoir "Persepolis" by Marjane Sartrapi, an Iranian émigré to France. "Persepolis" was an eye-opener to Weaver, who has drawn and created art all of her life, and has always been committed to telling stories. Read More.
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