“I would scan somebody’s work… and I’d see the work in probably a very superficial way, but with a certain kind of hungry eye, and I would seize on things that became very important.” Leonard Cohen Describes His Reading Method

Allan Showalter

From Interview with Michael Benazon (Matrix: Fall, 1986)

 

The Leonard Cohen Reading List

A.M. Klein is the latest entry to the Authors Leonard Cohen Admired Without Denoting A Specific Work section of The Original Leonard Cohen Reading List, a compilation of readings admired by the Canadian singer-songwriter.

I am republishing selected posts from my former Leonard Cohen site, Cohencentric, here on AllanShowalter.com (these posts can be found at Leonard Cohen). This entry was originally posted Apr 8, 2018.

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