![]() She experimented with mixing drawings and collage, working with watercolor, acrylic, and three-dimensional materials. But the idea was burning in me.”) In 2006, she created an online comics journal, Ordinary Things, and filled it with memories. Then I am filled with motivation to make art and teach.” It took her 10 years to create this memoir. “I sometimes drag my feet to class,” she tells me, “and that same day a student comes up with an assignment that brings tears to my eyes with its articulation, cleverness, and elegance. Samanci is also an assistant professor at Northwestern University. The starred Kirkus review calls it “a bright, perceptive bildungsroman with a distinctive setting.” Though many aspects of this will be new and eye-opening to American readers, Samanci gracefully finds the universal elements in her story, packed with details and vivid memories. ![]() ![]() ![]() In her debut book, the graphic memoir Dare to Disappoint: Growing up in Turkey, Özge Samanci writes with unflinching honesty and humor about her childhood in a country under a military government, torn between Muslim fundamentalism and more Western, even secular, values. ![]()
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