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Subtitled “an autobiography in collage”, Kim Smith’s Where Quirky Meets Menacing is a collection of more than three dozen collages\u2014-short memoirs typed and carefully placed around delicate vintage prints. The resulting graphic memoirs are whimsical, charming, and evocative, and the juxtaposition of old images and new stories gives Smith’s work a sense of timelessness.<\/p>\n
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Smith tells true stories, mostly from her childhood in Germany. She said, \u201cI don’t remember what started the process, but after making three collages that included snippets from my life story, I was convinced I had to make a book. I had no idea what I was in for. I’d never made a book, much less wanted to compile a memoir of sorts. Creating this work was fun and frustrating and difficult and rewarding, though in different proportions at different times.\u201d Among the widespread recognition it received was the bronze IPPY in essay\/creative non-fiction at the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards.<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nWhere Quirky Meets Menacing<\/em>
\nby Kim Smith
\n10.3″x8.3″x0.6″, 96 pages
\nillustrated, hard cover
\nISBN: 978-0615219653
\n$20 USA
\nStudio Kim Smith<\/a>, San Francisco, California, 2008<\/p>\n