dr. petroski will be right over there signing books, and you can get them here and pay for them upstairs, or if you have them with you, that's great. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. this weekend we're in tuscaloosa, alabama, with the help of our local cable partner, comcast. next, we learn about the life of local author and artist lila quintero weaver growing up in the be deep south during the civil rights era. >> the name of my book is "darkroom: a memoir in black and white." here it is. it's a graphic memoir. and i decided to write it because the opportunity came my way to tell my story. it's an illustrated work, and because i'm primarily an artist and then later became a writer, it was just an excellent avenue for me to express some of my feelings about the way that i grew up, in the place that i grew up in. and it was just there. it presented itself, and i jumped into it. i had two artistic influences from my parents because -- so my dad did this photography, and he had a lot of cameras, and he was really devoted to it and very passionate. but also my mother was a visual artist.

dr. petroski will be right over there signing books, and you can get them here and pay for them upstairs, or if you have them with you, that's great. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. this weekend we're in tuscaloosa, alabama, with the help of our local cable partner, comcast. next, we learn about the life of local author and artist lila quintero weaver growing up in the be deep south during the civil rights era. >> the name of my book is "darkroom: a memoir in black and white." here it is. it's a graphic memoir. and i decided to write it because the opportunity came my way to