Washoe County Library System

An auspicious debut examining the culture of hair from the Rona Jaffe Foundation Awardwinning cartoonistHot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black womens lives and coming-of-age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular "Hot Comb" is about a young girls first perma doomed ploy to look cool and stop seeming "too white" in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved...