Tahneer Oksman
@tahneeroksman.bsky.social
Associate professor of writing, literature, and journalism; writes about comics, Jewish lit and culture, feminism, for NPR and others; some books on some things; Brooklyn, NY. Illustration by L. Finck. More at tahneeroksman.com
Happy 250th birthday to Jane Austen! For @npr, I reviewed a fantastic new graphic biography by Kate Evans, Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen:
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'Patchwork' pieces together Jane Austen's personal life
While some might be bothered by a biography that regularly, and proudly, takes liberties with facts and chronology, such artistry is the heart and strength of Kate Evans' delightful and illuminating w...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Happy 250th birthday to Jane Austen! For @npr, I reviewed a fantastic new graphic biography by Kate Evans, Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen:
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
In partnership with the Embassy of Sweden, join us for a special evening that explores Jewish identity, memory, and storytelling across borders—highlighting the vibrant and diverse experiences of Jewish life in Sweden.
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Exploring Jewish Identity, Memory, and Storytelling Across Borders: An Evening of Reflection and Conversation – Capital Jewish Museum
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October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In partnership with the Embassy of Sweden, join us for a special evening that explores Jewish identity, memory, and storytelling across borders—highlighting the vibrant and diverse experiences of Jewish life in Sweden.
capitaljewishmuseum.org/events/explo...
capitaljewishmuseum.org/events/explo...
I wrote a few words on that AI-companion piece:
Maximizing profits by exploiting our deepest vulnerabilities; or, some thoughts on AI so-called "companions"
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Maximizing profits by exploiting our deepest vulnerabilities; or, some thoughts on AI so-called "companions"
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Demythologizing "AI" — Tahneer Oksman
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July 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I wrote a few words on that AI-companion piece:
Maximizing profits by exploiting our deepest vulnerabilities; or, some thoughts on AI so-called "companions"
www.tahneeroksman.com/the-future-o...
Maximizing profits by exploiting our deepest vulnerabilities; or, some thoughts on AI so-called "companions"
www.tahneeroksman.com/the-future-o...
For @npr.org, I reviewed Jeff Lemire's "sort of memoir," 10,000 INK STAINS: www.npr.org/2025/07/14/n...
Through comics, 'Essex County' creator shows us the struggles, triumphs of his career
Jeff Lemire explores his career arc, the road to successfully delivering Essex County and other comics to the public, in a new graphic memoir.
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July 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
For @npr.org, I reviewed Jeff Lemire's "sort of memoir," 10,000 INK STAINS: www.npr.org/2025/07/14/n...
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It was an absolute delight talking with @tahneeroksman.bsky.social about my book last night! Thanks to everyone who came out. (And if you'd still like to purchase a copy you can use code F24UIP for 30% off when you buy from @illinoispress.bsky.social 😉)
July 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It was an absolute delight talking with @tahneeroksman.bsky.social about my book last night! Thanks to everyone who came out. (And if you'd still like to purchase a copy you can use code F24UIP for 30% off when you buy from @illinoispress.bsky.social 😉)
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I’ll be talking about my book at NYC's The Coffee House next Wed 7/9 at 6:30 w/ the brilliant @tahneeroksman.bsky.social! Join us for a conversation about all things Elaine May. Plus there will be clips! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1397126485...
"Elaine May" (Contemporary Film Directors) with Author Elizabeth Alsop
On Wednesday, July 9th at 6:30pm, the Coffee House welcomes author Elizabeth Alsop to discuss her new book on Elaine May.
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June 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’ll be talking about my book at NYC's The Coffee House next Wed 7/9 at 6:30 w/ the brilliant @tahneeroksman.bsky.social! Join us for a conversation about all things Elaine May. Plus there will be clips! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1397126485...
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Alumna @tahneeroksman.bsky.social, who created an Audible lecture series about memoirs, shares her book picks in time for summer www.gc.cuny.edu/news/these-m...
June 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Alumna @tahneeroksman.bsky.social, who created an Audible lecture series about memoirs, shares her book picks in time for summer www.gc.cuny.edu/news/these-m...
Just in time for summer: I wrote a listicle of memoirs to read. Some of my all-time favorites!
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These Memoirs Show How Stories, and Lives, Are Shaped
Alumna Tahneer Oksman, a scholar of memoir and creator of an Audible lecture series about the genre, shares book picks in time for summer.
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June 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Just in time for summer: I wrote a listicle of memoirs to read. Some of my all-time favorites!
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/these-m...
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/these-m...
Fascinating study out about lateral reading practices among students and the dissociation between their knowledge of lateral reading strategies as the best ways of catching misinformation vs. their limited actual engagement with these practices: digitalcommons.uri.edu/jmle/vol17/i...
Effects of Wikipedia knowledge, algorithm awareness, and reading comprehension on undergraduates’ preference for and use of lateral reading strategies to evaluate information
Internet users are bombarded with information and need strategies to evaluate its trustworthiness. Expert fact-checkers rely on lateral reading, which involves investigating sources, finding better co...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Fascinating study out about lateral reading practices among students and the dissociation between their knowledge of lateral reading strategies as the best ways of catching misinformation vs. their limited actual engagement with these practices: digitalcommons.uri.edu/jmle/vol17/i...
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Sam Altman isn't keen on you reading my book. EMPIRE OF AI is based on 300+ interviews, 7 yrs covering AI, and my time as the first reporter who got extensive access to OpenAI. I sought OpenAI's perspective throughout. For months they said it was coming. It never did. Pre-order here: empireofai.com.
April 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Sam Altman isn't keen on you reading my book. EMPIRE OF AI is based on 300+ interviews, 7 yrs covering AI, and my time as the first reporter who got extensive access to OpenAI. I sought OpenAI's perspective throughout. For months they said it was coming. It never did. Pre-order here: empireofai.com.
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Pre-order alert, cover, and website reveal for our book, THE AI CON! (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
It's out for release on May 13, 2025!
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It's out for release on May 13, 2025!
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THE AI CON
How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want
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December 10, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Pre-order alert, cover, and website reveal for our book, THE AI CON! (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
It's out for release on May 13, 2025!
thecon.ai
It's out for release on May 13, 2025!
thecon.ai
"Will Writing Survive A.I?" is one of the more terrible headlines I've read recently (NYT, "Will Writing Survive A.I.? The Media Startup Every Is Betting on It," May 21, 2025).
May 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Will Writing Survive A.I?" is one of the more terrible headlines I've read recently (NYT, "Will Writing Survive A.I.? The Media Startup Every Is Betting on It," May 21, 2025).
For
@npr.org's summer book list, I recommended an upcoming graphic novel, The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond by Jean Zeid, illustrated by Emilie Rouge, translated by Jen Vaughn.
The full list is here: www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...
@npr.org's summer book list, I recommended an upcoming graphic novel, The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond by Jean Zeid, illustrated by Emilie Rouge, translated by Jen Vaughn.
The full list is here: www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...
17 new books our critics can't wait to read this summer
We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For
@npr.org's summer book list, I recommended an upcoming graphic novel, The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond by Jean Zeid, illustrated by Emilie Rouge, translated by Jen Vaughn.
The full list is here: www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...
@npr.org's summer book list, I recommended an upcoming graphic novel, The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond by Jean Zeid, illustrated by Emilie Rouge, translated by Jen Vaughn.
The full list is here: www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...
Did you know platforms where AI "helpers" are popping up are very likely using documents you open/create in order to train AI? Yep, it's often an automated setting. Go into Adobe, for ex., and check out your privacy and data settings. You can turn this setting off, but it might take a few minutes.
May 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Did you know platforms where AI "helpers" are popping up are very likely using documents you open/create in order to train AI? Yep, it's often an automated setting. Go into Adobe, for ex., and check out your privacy and data settings. You can turn this setting off, but it might take a few minutes.
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I have an essay in this collection! Coming to bookstores in July. www.publishersweekly.com/9781668078334
Nothing Compares to You: What Sinéad O’Connor Means to Us by Sonya Huber, Martha Bayne
Huber (Voice First), an associate professor of creative writing at Fairfield University, and essayist Bayne (The Chicago Neighbo...
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May 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I have an essay in this collection! Coming to bookstores in July. www.publishersweekly.com/9781668078334
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NBCC member @tahneeroksman.bsky.social was part of an initiative of scholars, teachers, and critics recording videos about the 8 most banned books. Tahneer discussed The "Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel," written by Margaret Atwood and adapted and illustrated by Renée Nault:
Banned Books Project | U-M LSA Center for Social Solutions
Banned Books: Why Young People Need Them is a project of Academics for Liberty in Reading and Learning. At CSS, we value the role that diverse scholarship plays in creating a just society and that…
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April 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
NBCC member @tahneeroksman.bsky.social was part of an initiative of scholars, teachers, and critics recording videos about the 8 most banned books. Tahneer discussed The "Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel," written by Margaret Atwood and adapted and illustrated by Renée Nault:
On Right to Read Day, help me spread the word about this wonderful new initiative, Banned Books: Why Young People Need The,. You'll find eight videos by scholars and teachers explaining the value of eight of the most frequently banned books in America: lsa.umich.edu/social-solut...
Banned Books Project | U-M LSA Center for Social Solutions
Banned Books: Why Young People Need Them is a project of Academics for Liberty in Reading and Learning. At CSS, we value the role that diverse scholarship plays in creating a just society and that ce...
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April 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
On Right to Read Day, help me spread the word about this wonderful new initiative, Banned Books: Why Young People Need The,. You'll find eight videos by scholars and teachers explaining the value of eight of the most frequently banned books in America: lsa.umich.edu/social-solut...
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I received my copy of @zarielle.bsky.social's Twelve Stories by American Women, out with @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social. It looks amazing! I'm looking forward to an opportunity to teach this entire collection. Order it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743329...
Twelve Stories by American Women: 9780143138174 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A collection of twelve essential short stories by iconic American women writers that introduces a more diverse canon and emphasizes non-white and queer writers to better represent the experiences of a...
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March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I received my copy of @zarielle.bsky.social's Twelve Stories by American Women, out with @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social. It looks amazing! I'm looking forward to an opportunity to teach this entire collection. Order it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743329...
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Amazing starred review for Abortion Stories from @libraryjournal.bsky.social! They write: "It’s hard to imagine a public library that shouldn’t have a copy." I couldn't imagine a better endorsement! Read their blurb here: www.libraryjournal.com/review/abort...
Abortion Stories: American Literature Before Roe v. Wade
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March 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Amazing starred review for Abortion Stories from @libraryjournal.bsky.social! They write: "It’s hard to imagine a public library that shouldn’t have a copy." I couldn't imagine a better endorsement! Read their blurb here: www.libraryjournal.com/review/abort...
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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This event is next Tuesday! If you're in NYC, please join me, Renee Bracy Sherman, Rebecca Traister, and Vanessa Perez-Rosario. I'll share stories about some of my favorite pieces in the book and what they taught me about the history of abortion. We need abortion stories now more than ever.
The need and desire to have an abortion goes back centuries, and literary representations of abortion before Roe argue for the necessity of legal and accessible abortion. Register here:
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February 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This event is next Tuesday! If you're in NYC, please join me, Renee Bracy Sherman, Rebecca Traister, and Vanessa Perez-Rosario. I'll share stories about some of my favorite pieces in the book and what they taught me about the history of abortion. We need abortion stories now more than ever.
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Shameless promotion time for me! Over at #rutgers we've put together a great panel for late April on the future of #journalism featuring some great minds (RU grads, natch) from across the industry. I'll keep putting details out there.
February 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Shameless promotion time for me! Over at #rutgers we've put together a great panel for late April on the future of #journalism featuring some great minds (RU grads, natch) from across the industry. I'll keep putting details out there.
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj