Leonard Cohen, a man about whom surely no Hallmark festive movie will ever be made, dared the Divine to answer humanity’s sorrows.
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A rich diversity of Canadian Jewish experience is reflected in the poems of Miriam Waddington and the prose of Adele Wiseman, Fredelle Bruser Maynard, Helen Weinzweig and Shirley Faessler.
It may seem counter-intuitive to turn to Leonard Cohen’s ‘depressing’ songs during times of grief and uncertainty. But he shows there is always a reason to keep on keeping on.
Famous expats Charmian Clift and George Johnson, Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen provide inspiration for this heady romance. But the shifts between reality and fiction are distracting at times.
Nick Broomfield’s latest documentary explores the romance between Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen. But the film fails to confront the harder truths of the license taken by, and conceded to, creative men.
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are quintessentially Jewish holidays, but an ethicist argues that their values around becoming a better human being, transcend any one religion.
Leonard Cohen’s letter to his former girlfriend on her death bed became a viral phenomenon. But the words that circulated on social media were a paraphrased version, not his own.
Ottawa’s response to Jamal Khashoggi’s murder doubles down on “human rights” rhetoric while failing to take action. It’s a matter of the death of some in exchange for the livelihood of others.
Leonard Cohen’s final (posthumous) book was released in Australia this week. Another new book sheds light on Cohen’s life on Hydra in the 1960s and the relationships he forged with Antipodeans seeking liberation there.
The enquiry into sacredness is not over, it’s just beginning for the 21st century, and in wildly disparate modes and places. In music, Nick Cave, Hozier and Dr G. Yunupingu have led the way.
The great polymath’s late output reads like a manual for artists saying goodbye.
Cohen’s label declined to release the album containing Hallelujah, a song that has now inspired over 300 versions.
Perhaps more clearly than Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen showed that songwriting can be a literary art. Within his apparently simple words lies a profound sense of playfulness and enigma.
Leonard Cohen, who has died at 82, had both a tragic vision and a voice that was warm, funny and closely observant. His unique gaze helped fans see the world anew.
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Professor, English and Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University
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Executive Dean (interim) Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Lecturer on Bioethics & Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University; and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine; Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Psychiatric Times., Tufts University
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Senior Lecturer in Commercial Music Performance, University of Westminster
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Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
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Professor of Rhetoric and Ethics | Professeur titulaire en rhétorique et éthique, Carleton University
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lecturer in Twentieth Century Literature and Culture, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor, Department of English, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Adjunct professor, Theological Studies, Concordia University
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Senior Lecturer, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Queensland University of Technology
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Personal Chair, Literary Studies, Deakin University
