Tahneer Oksman

Tahneer Oksman is a writer, teacher, and scholar specializing in memoir as well as graphic novels and comics. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Articles

Tell Them It Is Going to Hurt: On Meg Kissinger’s “While You Were Out”
Tahneer Oksman reviews Meg Kissinger’s “While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence.”...
Tahneer OksmanOct 2
- Biography
- Memoir
“I Really Had to Reinvent Myself”: An Interview with Julie Doucet
Tahneer Oksman talks to Julie Doucet about her new collection, "Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet."...
Tahneer OksmanJan 19, 2019
- Comics & Games
As Long as You Stay Alive There’s Hope: An Interview with Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Tahneer Oksman talks to comics artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb about her recently reissued collection, "Love That Bunch."...
Tahneer OksmanJul 14, 2018
- Comics & Games
“The Things That Scare You”: Dominique Goblet’s “Pretending Is Lying”
Tahneer Oksman on the images that can override images in Dominique Goblet's graphic memoir "Pretending Is Lying."...
Tahneer OksmanJun 8, 2017
- Comics & Games
- Memoir
Reading Aloud with Julie Doucet
Each Julie Doucet collection is full of surprises, reflecting the artist’s investment in materiality and language. "Carpet Sweeper Tales" is no different....
Tahneer OksmanJun 24, 2016
- Comics & Games
The Unapologetic Pursuit of Pleasure
Rancourt's undertakings require the kind of bravura that emerges from a heroically unapologetic pursuit of pleasure....
Tahneer OksmanDec 12, 2015
- Comics & Games
An Aesthetic of Expansiveness: Drawn and Quarterly at 25 Years
Drawn & Quarterly publishes a who’s who of the contemporary comics world....
Tahneer OksmanJul 23, 2015
- Comics & Games
Escape from a Life Without Waves: Julie Delporte’s “Everywhere Antennas”
Tahneer Oksman on the graphic novel "Everywhere Antennas."...
Tahneer OksmanAug 31, 2014
- Comics & Games