Rachael Quisel interviewed DoppelHouse author and artist Jana Zimmer on her process compiling the images and text for Chocolates from Tangier for the Montecito Journal. Quisel notes themes of compassion… Read more Local Author Jana Zimmer Interviewed in Montecito Journal →
Jane Manaster of the San Francisco Book Review writes, “how to combine a memoir, a family narrative, and a retrospective of creative art? With grace, diligence, and intense feeling, Jana… Read more “Haunting”: 5 stars for Chocolates from Tangier in San Franisco Book Review →
Jana Zimmer was invited to be a speaker at a Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Service in Santa Barbara. She presented artwork and stories from Chocolates from Tangier, interweaving her… Read more Jana Zimmer invited to speak at Yom HaShoah service →
Historian, cultural critic, and lecturer David Starkey recently interviewed Jana Zimmer on his “Creative Community” series. Their conversation covers their decade-long friendship, and how Zimmer’s life experience naturally led to… Read more David Starkey interviews Jana Zimmer on “The Creative Community” →
Jerry Roberts, former journalist and executive at the San Francisco Chronicle and political analyst for KCRW-FM, recently interviewed the author and artist behind Chocolates from Tangier: A Holocaust replacement child’s memoir… Read more Jana Zimmer interview with on Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts: Now Streaming →
Former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, David Starkey, interviewed Jana Zimmer about the narrative and collage composition of Chocolates from Tangier, for the Santa Barbara Independent. When prompted on how her… Read more “Weaving Art and Memoir:” Jana Zimmer talks about Chocolates from Tangier in local paper →
A second-generation Holocaust survivor weaves together fragments of her family’s history and witness testimony in narrative and collage, using her art as transformation and remembrance. Jana Zimmer’s Chocolates from Tangier: A… Read more Jana Zimmer Book Launch and Upcoming Events →