Kalyani (kull-yah-nee) Saxena
@kalyanisaxena.bsky.social
journalist and fervent bookworm 💖📚I make radio by day and cover romance & fantasy by candlelight
words in NYT, NPR, and the Washington Post
words in NYT, NPR, and the Washington Post
Pinned
here's where else (in the social media world) you can find me:
📚bookstagram: @bookishyani
✍️substack:
kalyaniskorner.substack.com
🧵threads:
@ksaxophone_
📨email:
anexaskalyani@gmail.com
📚bookstagram: @bookishyani
✍️substack:
kalyaniskorner.substack.com
🧵threads:
@ksaxophone_
📨email:
anexaskalyani@gmail.com
the sun is setting at 4:30 pm and that makes my soul shrivel up. but on the bright side more time for me to be cozy core and work on my wips like this lil sweater
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
the sun is setting at 4:30 pm and that makes my soul shrivel up. but on the bright side more time for me to be cozy core and work on my wips like this lil sweater
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
✨✨✨✨ huge news!!! breaking one might say!! local bookworm finishes sophie hood! after weeks of counting and anguish and wondering what the next multiple of six is and when (if ever) this project will be done!! it is off the needles and on my head and I am very proud of it 🔵🧵🐳
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
✨✨✨✨ huge news!!! breaking one might say!! local bookworm finishes sophie hood! after weeks of counting and anguish and wondering what the next multiple of six is and when (if ever) this project will be done!! it is off the needles and on my head and I am very proud of it 🔵🧵🐳
small joys on a fall day ✨
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
small joys on a fall day ✨
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My second #WorldKidLitMonth post at #SCBWI: The Blog. A look at taking translated #kidlit on a book tour!
🙏 @pageonem.bsky.social, @japansociety.org, @kalyanisaxena.bsky.social, @katemilford.bsky.social, @authorgracelin.bsky.social, @vromansbookstore.bsky.social
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🙏 @pageonem.bsky.social, @japansociety.org, @kalyanisaxena.bsky.social, @katemilford.bsky.social, @authorgracelin.bsky.social, @vromansbookstore.bsky.social
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
World Kid Lit Month: Taking a Translation on Tour
We don’t often associate translated children’s books with book tours—or at least I didn’t, until going on tour this year! In New York at the...
scbwi.blogspot.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
My second #WorldKidLitMonth post at #SCBWI: The Blog. A look at taking translated #kidlit on a book tour!
🙏 @pageonem.bsky.social, @japansociety.org, @kalyanisaxena.bsky.social, @katemilford.bsky.social, @authorgracelin.bsky.social, @vromansbookstore.bsky.social
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
🙏 @pageonem.bsky.social, @japansociety.org, @kalyanisaxena.bsky.social, @katemilford.bsky.social, @authorgracelin.bsky.social, @vromansbookstore.bsky.social
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
me every time I buy a massive amount of yarn for no reason: yes this will fix me
September 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
me every time I buy a massive amount of yarn for no reason: yes this will fix me
local girl turns pile of yarn into first knit sweater!!! ✨💚☘️🌿🌱
August 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
local girl turns pile of yarn into first knit sweater!!! ✨💚☘️🌿🌱
started work on my first knit sweater this week!! mistakes galore but look at that gorgeous green texture 💚🍀
August 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
started work on my first knit sweater this week!! mistakes galore but look at that gorgeous green texture 💚🍀
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An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.
Roles reversed: A veteran Gaza aid worker pleads for survival
An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.
n.pr
July 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.
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After 4 months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s hospitals now have wards for the malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Aid groups had warned of this for more than a year. Now a worst case scenario is upon us. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise
Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
After 4 months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s hospitals now have wards for the malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Aid groups had warned of this for more than a year. Now a worst case scenario is upon us. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
hi friends! excited to share with you some new reporting that’s been in the works for months.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
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Publishing’s affair with fan fiction has a new star couple: Dramione
Two new romantasy bestsellers were inspired by online stories about Draco and Hermione.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
hi friends! excited to share with you some new reporting that’s been in the works for months.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
of course the yarn store is closed when I want to start a new project! time to buy a sheep and do it myself 🧶
July 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
of course the yarn store is closed when I want to start a new project! time to buy a sheep and do it myself 🧶
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🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that universal injunctions likely exceed federal courts' authority and rolls back the injunctions protecting birthright citizenship from Trump's attack. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that universal injunctions likely exceed federal courts' authority and rolls back the injunctions protecting birthright citizenship from Trump's attack. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
uh oh someone let a silly goose loose in the newsroom ✨🪿🗞️
June 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
uh oh someone let a silly goose loose in the newsroom ✨🪿🗞️
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What a pleasure to discuss The Village Beyond the Mist with Sachiko Kashiwaba and Kalyani Saxena at @thecoolidge.bsky.social, thanks to @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social!
June 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
What a pleasure to discuss The Village Beyond the Mist with Sachiko Kashiwaba and Kalyani Saxena at @thecoolidge.bsky.social, thanks to @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social!
Had a lovely evening chatting with @averyudagawa.bsky.social and Sachiko Kashiwaba about The Village Beyond the Mist - translated in English after 50 years!
Thank you to @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social for having me!!
Thank you to @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social for having me!!
June 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Had a lovely evening chatting with @averyudagawa.bsky.social and Sachiko Kashiwaba about The Village Beyond the Mist - translated in English after 50 years!
Thank you to @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social for having me!!
Thank you to @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social for having me!!
breaking up the doom and gloom with these pictures of my latest project! a pink crochet bonnet in honor of all my favorite historical romance heroines 💖📚🎀
June 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
breaking up the doom and gloom with these pictures of my latest project! a pink crochet bonnet in honor of all my favorite historical romance heroines 💖📚🎀
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In Boston on Tuesday, June 24, at 6 p.m., Sachiko Kashiwaba and I will converse with @kalyanisaxena.bsky.social of @wbur.org at @thecoolidge.bsky.social, in an event cosponsored by @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social and followed by a screening of Spirited Away: coolidge.org/films/spirit...
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June 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
In Boston on Tuesday, June 24, at 6 p.m., Sachiko Kashiwaba and I will converse with @kalyanisaxena.bsky.social of @wbur.org at @thecoolidge.bsky.social, in an event cosponsored by @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social and followed by a screening of Spirited Away: coolidge.org/films/spirit...
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Morning Edition & Weekend Edition Intern - Fall/Winter 2025
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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June 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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chaotic crafting is back! picking up work on my silly goose sweater and making a knit back panel because why not 🧶
June 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
chaotic crafting is back! picking up work on my silly goose sweater and making a knit back panel because why not 🧶
be cool be cool be cool be- AHHHHH your girl’s been published in the @nytimes ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
what an absolute dream and honor to review 10 wonderful folklore and mythology inspired fantasy reads for @nytbooks 📚🦄✨✨✨
what an absolute dream and honor to review 10 wonderful folklore and mythology inspired fantasy reads for @nytbooks 📚🦄✨✨✨
June 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
be cool be cool be cool be- AHHHHH your girl’s been published in the @nytimes ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
what an absolute dream and honor to review 10 wonderful folklore and mythology inspired fantasy reads for @nytbooks 📚🦄✨✨✨
what an absolute dream and honor to review 10 wonderful folklore and mythology inspired fantasy reads for @nytbooks 📚🦄✨✨✨
learning to knit as a crocheter 🥲😩🧶
June 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
learning to knit as a crocheter 🥲😩🧶
I've produced over 700 stories for @hereandnow! taking a moment to be proud of that accomplishment and all the radio I've made over the years 📻💕
June 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I've produced over 700 stories for @hereandnow! taking a moment to be proud of that accomplishment and all the radio I've made over the years 📻💕
messed around and “graduated” 5 years after getting my degree ✨🎓
May 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
messed around and “graduated” 5 years after getting my degree ✨🎓
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while we’re on the topic of summer reading lists….here’s mine for the @washingtonpost.com!!!
I promise you I read all these romance novels and blurbed them all myself with the contained glee of a small romance gnome. happy reading! ✨📚💖
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
I promise you I read all these romance novels and blurbed them all myself with the contained glee of a small romance gnome. happy reading! ✨📚💖
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
8 romance novels to read this summer
From sweet to spicy, these books are perfect beach companions.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
while we’re on the topic of summer reading lists….here’s mine for the @washingtonpost.com!!!
I promise you I read all these romance novels and blurbed them all myself with the contained glee of a small romance gnome. happy reading! ✨📚💖
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
I promise you I read all these romance novels and blurbed them all myself with the contained glee of a small romance gnome. happy reading! ✨📚💖
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...