TANAÏS

Tanaïs is the author of In Sensorium and the critically acclaimed novel Bright Lines, which was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award, and the Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize. They are the recipient of residencies at MacDowell, Tin House, and Djerassi. An independent perfumer, their fragrance, beauty, and design studio, TANAÏS, is based in New York City. Follow them on Instagram at @studiotanais.

On the Politics of Caste and Feminine Joy in Satyajit Ray’s Classic Charulata

TANAÏS on How the Narratives of Muslim Women and Femmes Are Not Merely About Representation

May 17, 2022 By TANAÏS

Transcendent Compositions: On Making Perfume and Writing Fiction

"They Are Ways to Escape Material Borders—And My Body"

May 11, 2018 By TANAÏS

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