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Ariane Conrad

Ariane Conrad is a writer, editorial consultant and collaborating author known professionally as The Book Doula. She collaborated with Van Jones on the New York Times bestselling The Green Collar Economy (Harper One, 2008), with Christabel Zamor on HOOPING! (Workman Publishing, June 2009), and with Annie Leonard on The Story of Stuff (forthcoming in Spring 2010). Follow her on Twitter.
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    Exquisite Corpses

    San Francisco Chronicle columnist Mark Morford’s Facebook status messages are queries for the world, not just for his friends. In a special Rumpus bricolage, we are pleased to present Ariane Conrad’s take on the brilliant Slow Poetry of Morford’s Wall.

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    Ariane Conrad: A Poem I Love

    You’d think Stanley Kunitz, near 70 and hobbling through “Touch Me” would have slid off my 19 year old self. But it was the only poem that stuck, from a night of literary luminaries. 15 years later, returning—not the first…

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    Ariane Conrad: The Last Book I Loved, The Emperor of Scent

    The Emperor of Scent, by Chandler Burr. Luscious writing from Burr, and an outstanding lead in Luca Turin as he’s caught in the intrigues of the perfume industry and scientific community. A nonfiction thriller.

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    The Rumpus Interview with Van Jones

    Van Jones is an award-winning activist, bestselling author, orator, and political advisor. I helped him birth his first book, The Green Collar Economy (Harper One, 2008).