LEONARD COHEN: UNTOLD STORIES
Tue, Apr 09
|Online via Zoom
Author Event with Michael Posner


Time & Location
Apr 09, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
About the Event
Leonard Cohen was a true giant in contemporary western culture. Poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, artist and prophet—there has never been a figure like him. From his groundbreaking and bestselling novels,and to timeless songs such as “Suzanne,” “Dance Me to the End of Love,” and “Hallelujah,” Cohen is one of the world’s most cherished artists. The Favourite Game Beautiful Losers,
is the third and final volume in biographer Michael Posner’s sweeping series of Cohen’s life and explores the last thirty years of his life, starting with the late 1980s revival of his music career. Cohen’s story is told through the voices of those who knew him best—family and friends, colleagues and contemporaries, business partners and lovers. Posner draws on hundreds of interviews to reveal the unique, complex, and compelling figure of the man called “a secular saint.Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: That's How the Light Gets In TheNew York Times
is an award-winning writer, playwright, journalist, and the author of seven books. These include and , both of which were national bestsellers. He was Washington Bureau Chief for Maclean’s magazine, and later served as its national, foreign, and assistant managing editor. He was also managing editor of the Financial Times of Canada for three years. He later spent sixteen years as a senior writer with The Globe and Mail.Michael Posnerthe Mordecai Richler biography, The Last Honest Man,the Anne Murray biographyAll of Me,
You may order all three volumes of by from Michael Posner:Leonard Cohen: Untold Stories
Rakestraw Books in Danville: https://www.rakestrawbooks.com/search/site/leonard%2520cohen%253A%2520untold%2520stories
Orinda Books in Orinda: https://www.orindabooks.com/search/site/leonard%20cohen%3A%20untold%20stories
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore in Berkeley: https://www.mrsdalloways.com/search/site/leonard%20cohen%3A%20untold%20stories
Your preferred local bookstore or online retailer
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Sponsored by CCJCC, Cong. B'nai Shalom and Jewish Book Council in partnership with Diablo Valley Hadassah.
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