Tahneer Oksman

yes!!!!!!

A look at the tumultuous life of 'Persepolis' as it turns 20 Marjane Satrapi's memoir has a history of garnering controversy — it's been on the ALA's list of most challenged books and continues to be the subject of debate about inclusion in school curriculums.

And here's a piece I wrote on Persepolis from a few years ago: www.npr.org/2023/08/17/1...

This tale of a Chicago school book ban was inspired by true events Librarian Jarrett Dapier's graphic novel tells a fictionalized account of real-life events in 2013 that restricted access to Marjane Satrapi's memoir Persepolis in Chicago Public Schools.

When the Chicago Public School System admins tried to ban Persepolis, students fought back. Up on @npr.org is my review of a graphic novel--WAKE NOW IN THE FIRE--a fictionalized version of real life events:

www.npr.org/2026/03/12/n...

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Ohhh I had no idea you were teaching this! I've been reading it for a separate project too. We must discuss!!

Oh no bring back Jenny Odell!!

Same!!!

Looking forward to my upcoming book talk with the CUNY Academy next Wednesday, March 4 @ 2pm. Zoom details here and below; ignore the big photo of my face! www.shorturl.at/gFUbd

Art by women portraying their experiences under the Nazis אַן אױסשטעלונג אין בראַנדײַס־אוניװערסיטעט פּרעזענטירט צען אַלבאָמען בילדער וואָס די פֿרויען האָבן געשאַפֿן נאָך דער באַפֿרײַונג.

Thank you to @forward.com for sharing HBI's new exhibition WHO WILL DRAW OUR HISTORY? WOMEN’S GRAPHIC NARRATIVES OF THE HOLOCAUST, 1944-1949, guest curated by historian Rachel Perry. forward.com/yiddish/8055... #yiddish #jewishwomen #jewishhistory #holocaust #jewsky #holocaustsurvivor #brandeis

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

O no guilty!!!

That is the most impressive free library I've seen yet!

What???????????????/

Join HBI tomorrow, Tuesday, 4 PM EST online for a special panel discussion on Jewish Women's Graphic Novels about the Holocaust with Rachel Perry, Victoria Aarons, @tahneeroksman.bsky.social and @cschallie.bsky.social. bit.ly/JewishWomens...

Fantastic preview of just the START of the year in comics publishing from The Beat's Nancy Powell. So many incredible books coming out.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Next Friday at Bryn Mawr!! I can’t wait!

Who Will Draw Our History? Women’s Graphic Narratives of the Holocaust, 1944-1949

“Who Will Draw Our History?" brings together over 75 works of early Holocaust memory created by 10 Jewish survivors. Guest curated by Rachel E. Perry with Kniznick Gallery @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social arts coordinator Olivia Baldwin. Open now until April 30.
www.brandeis.edu/hbi/artist-p...

Text: Jewish Women's Graphic Novels About the Holocaust, below: headshots of Rachel Perry, Victoria Aarons, Tahneer Oksman, and Charlotte Schallié, Text below: Rachel Perry, Victoria Aarons, Tahneer Oksman, and Charlotte Schallie

FEB 10: Jewish Women's Graphic Novels About the Holocaust, mod. by Rachel Perry w/ Victoria Aarons, @tahneeroksman.bsky.social & @cschallie.bsky.social.
A companion to HBI’s exhibit, Who Will Draw Our History? Women’s Graphic Narratives of the Holocaust. 4 PM EST, ONLINE Reg: bit.ly/JewishWomens...

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

A kids' guide to phone-free fun, from the author of 'The Anxious Generation' Jonathan Haidt's 2024 book made the case that screen time had "rewired" kids' brains. The Amazing Generation is a collab with science journalist Catherine Price and graphic novelist Cynthia Yuan Cheng...

For @npr.org I reviewed the graphic novel companion to Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation. Parents and teachers especially: what do you think?

www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...

Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine book cover on the left with a blurb from Juliet McMullin on the right, which reads: "Keywords/Keyimages celebrates our differences and shared humanity, providing new perspectives through which we can reflect on and, ultimately, reshape the structures that define health and healing." 30% off with code NR 26 www.psupress.org

It's happening!! Pub date of Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine is just 2 weeks away. Order now with code NR26 & get 30% off @psupress.bsky.social!
#GraphicMedicine
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Looking forward to this upcoming trip to Santiago, Chile, for: Philosophy, Grief and Personal Narrative: An International Conference on Philosophy and Memoir at Campus San Joaquín, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Breadcrumbs: Coming of Age in Post-Soviet Poland by Kasia Babis

Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen by Kate Evans

The Weight by Melissa Mendes

Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West by Bill Griffith

Remember Us to Life: A Graphic Memoir by Joanna Rubin Dranger

This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story by Hayley Gullen

Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel