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Nick Ciani

@ciani.bsky.social
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Executive Editor, formerly @ One Signal Publishers / Atria Books / Simon & Schuster.

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The Drift @thedriftmag.com · 20/11/2025
“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. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/barbies-at...
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Barbies at the Gate
A new book by The Drift's Mentions czar
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amanda hess @amandahess.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I reviewed BARBIELAND by Tarpley Hitt, a book about scheming doll people, which I loved www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
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From Dreamhouse to Nightmare? The Real Barbie Story Is Dark.
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Nick Ciani @ciani.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Meet Margaret C. Anderson: Editor, publisher, agitator, badass. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga... #booksky
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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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Nick Ciani @ciani.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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
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Barbieland
“More than the story of a toy, Barbieland is the story of the 20th century.” —Malcolm Harris, author of Palo Alto “Gutsy in its reporting, sharp a...
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Nick Ciani @ciani.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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.)
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