Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen : interviews and encounters /

Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the last half century, has had a stranger-than-fiction, roller-coaster ride of a life. Now, for the first time, he tells his story in his own words, via more than 50 interviews conducted worldwide between 1966 and 2012. In Leonard Cohen on Leonard...

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Main Author: Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016
Other Authors: Burger, Jeff (Editor), Hahn, Jon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2014
Series:Musicians in Their Own Words
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword : Suzanne Vega; Preface : Jeff Burger; Part I : The Sixties and Seventies; TV Interview : Adrienne Clarkson; After the Wipeout, a Renewal : Sandra Djwa; Ladies & Gents, Leonard Cohen : Jack Hafferkamp; Famous Last Words from Leonard Cohen (The Poet's Final Interview, he Hopes) : Paul Saltzman; Cohen Regrets : Alastair Pirrie; Leonard Cohen : Pat Harbron; Depressing? Who? Me? : Steve Turner; Interview : Robin Pike; Interview : Jordi Sierra I Fabra; Leonard Cohen: The Romantic in a Ragpicker's Trade : Paul Williams
  • Brother of Mercy : Mikal GilmoreRadio Interview : Shelagh Rogers; Life of a Ladies' Man : Sarah Hampson; He's Your Man : Gillian G. Gaar; Cohen Wore Earplugs to a Dylan Show? : Brian D. Johnson; TV and Radio Interview : Jian Ghomeshi; "All I've Got to Put in a Song is My Own Experience" : Dorian Lynskey; The Works of Leonard Cohen; About the Contributors; About the Editor; Credits; Index; Back Cover
  • Leonard Cohen: The Profits of Doom : Steve TurnerI'm Your Man : Alberto Manzano; Dinner with Leonard : Elizabeth Boleman-Herring; Radio Interview : Tom Schnabel; Radio Interview : Kristine Mckenna; Part III : The Nineties; Leonard Cohen and the Death of Cool : Deborah Sprague; The Smoky Life : Jennie Punter; Leonard Cohen: Inside the Tower of Song : Paul Zollo; TV Interview : Barbara Gowdy; The Loneliness of the Long-Suffering Folkie : Wayne Robins; Growing Old Passionately : Alan Jackson; Leonard Cohen: The Lord Byron of Rock and Roll : Karen Schoemer; The Future : Alberto Manzano
  • Radio Interview : Vin ScelsaThe Prophet of Love Looks into the Abyss: A Conversation with Leonard Cohen : Thom Jurek; "I Am the Little Jew Who Wrote the Bible" : Arthur Kurzweil; Radio Interview : Chris Douridas; Interview : Richard Guilliatt; TV Interview : Stina Lundberg Dabrowski; TV Interview : Valerie Pringle; Part IV : The New Millennium; TV Interview : Stina Lundberg Dabrowski; Happy at Last: The Poet Returns from his Zen Retreat with a New Album and a Sunnier Disposition : J. Poet; Exile on Main Street : Brett Grainger; The Prince of Prurience and Loss : John Leland
  • Suffering for Fan and Profit: The Return of Leonard Cohen : Mick BrownLeonard Lately: A Leonard Cohen Interview : Bill Conrad; The Obscure Case of Leonard Cohen and the Mysterious Mr. M. : Bruce Pollock; What Happened When Phil Spector Met Leonard Cohen? : Harvey Kubernik; Part II : The Eighties; TV Interview : Patrick Watson; A Conversation with Leonard Cohen : Steve Venright; Radio Interview : Vicki Gabereau; Interview : Robert Sward; Interview : Kristine Mckenna; TV Interview : Ray Martin; Songs and Thoughts of Leonard Cohen : Robert O'brian; Len : Jon Wilde; Interview : Kristine Mckenna