Sometimes I see people’s work and think that they may have had their genesis in something I’ve done. Sometimes I read a novel that … of course you can get very paranoiac about that also, and think so-and-so’s copied my entire style. I remember reading a book by Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge or something, and thinking ‘This whole vision is taken from Beautiful Losers.’ But I don’t know, that might be quite mad. He might never have even seen the book.

 

Leonard Cohen

 

From Romance at the Broncoburger by Rob Mackie (New Musical Express: April 5, 1975). Photo by Susmart – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

The Leonard Cohen Reading List

Myra Breckinridge is the latest entry to the Leonard Cohen Reading List, a compilation of books read by the Canadian singer-songwriter.

All entries in the Leonard Cohen Reading List can be found at

The Original Leonard Cohen Reading List

 

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 Oct 16, 2018.