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she/her • 🗽 • talks too much about books • currently: assistant editor @publishersweekly // books contributor @swooon• bylines Popsugar, Shondaland, Essence + more • opinions my own

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iyana goes to the library @iyanaskye.bsky.social · Jan 21

time i say hello #booksky 👋🏾 🦋

I’m Iyana, a Black girly/ reader/ writer (tackling #kidlit book news at PW) who wants to talk about all her fave books! so if you want to see interviews with your fave authors, running book commentary, come join the party 🩷✨

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · May 19

“Sesame Street” has found itself a new home.

Netflix announced that the decades-old public educational television program will premiere its 56th season on the global streaming giant, along with 90 hours of previous episodes.

‘Sesame Street’ is coming to Netflix with new streaming deal

“Sesame Street” will release episodes on both PBS Kids and Netflix later this year.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 19

CBS News faced another shock wave on Monday after its president, Wendy McMahon, abruptly said that she would exit her post, the latest development in an ongoing showdown between the news division and President Trump. nyti.ms/43BBjRp

Wendy McMahon is seated and talking to another person whose back is to the camera. Text reads "Head of CBS News to Depart Amid Tensions With Trump." Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

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Andrea González-Ramírez @andreagonram.bsky.social · May 15

Wrote about Adriana Smith, who has been kept alive for months on a ventilator, brain dead, against her family's wishes—all because of Georgia's six-week abortion ban.

www.thecut.com/article/adri...

We’re Just Human Incubators to Them

Thirty-year-old Adriana Smith, who is brain dead, has been kept on a ventilator for months due to Georgia’s abortion ban.

www.thecut.com

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iyana goes to the library @iyanaskye.bsky.social · Apr 2

#romancelandia #romancebooks

iyana goes to the library @iyanaskye.bsky.social · Apr 2

very much swept away by #BethOLeary & her new romance Swept Away 🌊⚓️💕 we talk survival romance, her love of forced proximity, & how to find humor in a life-or-death scenario www.swooon.com/1185251/swep...

Inside Beth O'Leary's New Book 'Swept Away': Her Survival Romance Explained (Exclusive)

The author opens up about her most high-stakes romance yet.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Mar 17

The Trump administration violated *another* court order by deporting a professor despite her valid visa and a judge’s order halting her removal

Brown University Professor Deported Despite Valid Visa And Judge's Order

A representative for Customs and Border Protection told HuffPost, "Arriving aliens bear the burden of establishing admissibility to the United States."

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iyana goes to the library @iyanaskye.bsky.social · Mar 10

need a Naomi heel turn BADLY!!!

iyana goes to the library @iyanaskye.bsky.social · Mar 6

an honor to speak with @mobrowne.bsky.social about her new collection A Bird in the Sky Means We Can Still Breathe, an incredible collection about NYC teens coming of age during the height of the pandemic🐦‍⬛☁️✨ pubwkly.omeclk.com/portal/wts/u...

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iyana goes to the library @iyanaskye.bsky.social · Feb 24

can’t wait to read!!

iyana goes to the library @iyanaskye.bsky.social · Feb 22

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iyana goes to the library @iyanaskye.bsky.social · Feb 20

cannot wait for it drop!!!

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iyana goes to the library @iyanaskye.bsky.social · Feb 20

#romancebooks #queerbooks #blacklove #romancelandia

iyana goes to the library @iyanaskye.bsky.social · Feb 20

showing love to Black love all year round 💕🔐🤞🏾 here’s Swooon’s picks for Best Black Romances of 2025 : www.swooon.com/book-list/bl... feat : @kennedyryan.bsky.social @danielleallen.bsky.social @beebabs.bsky.social @reginablackwrites.bsky.social @myahariel.bsky.social @ettaeaston.bsky.social + more!

10 Black Romance Books to Read in 2025

From Kennedy Ryan's newest to second chance romances.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 19

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.