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Nick Ciani
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Executive Editor books at One Signal Publishers / Atria Books / Simon & Schuster.
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“All toys ‘are essentially a microcosm of the adult world.’” Read associate editor Tarpley Hitt on her new book, “Barbieland: The Unauthorized History,” and grab a ticket to our launch event at McNally Jackson Seaport on December 3.

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Barbies at the Gate
A new book by The Drift's Mentions czar
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November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Happy New Book Tuesday

* The Award by Matthew Pearl

* American Canto by Olivia Nuzzi

* Barbieland by Tarpley Hitt

* Year of the Water Horse by Janice Page
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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I reviewed BARBIELAND by Tarpley Hitt, a book about scheming doll people, which I loved www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
From Dreamhouse to Nightmare? The Real Barbie Story Is Dark.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Meet Margaret C. Anderson: Editor, publisher, agitator, badass. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga... #booksky
How an Early 20th-Century Editor Outraged the Establishment
A new book explores how Margaret C. Anderson went against the literary grain. Here’s what we learned.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The lore around Ken’s “penis” is just one of the dozens of mind-boggling stories in Barbieland, a monumental (and hilarious) deconstruction of American business over the past century, told through our most famous toy. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Barbie... #booksky #barbie #postcapitalism
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
2024 was a lot, but we got it done. Quite a month to follow quite a year. (Fascism, Finance, and Fraud feeling right for 2025.)
January 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM