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Chapters: Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Milton Acorn, Margaret Avison, George Bowering, Leonard Cohen, Dionne Brand, George Elliott Clarke, Jan Zwicky, Anne Szumigalski, Alden Nowlan, Tim Lilburn, Al Purdy, F. R. Scott, Don Mckay, Gwendolyn Macewen, Ralph Gustafson, Suzanne Jacob, Patrick Lane, Fred Wah, Governor General's Award for English Language Poetry or Drama, Nicole Brossard, Herménégilde Chiasson, Robert Hilles, Erin Mouré, Pierre Nepveu, Anne Compton, D. G. Jones, Phyllis Webb, John Newlove, Governor General's Award for French Language Poetry, Lorna Crozier, Robert Dickson, Governor General's Award for French Language Poetry or Drama, Roy Miki, E. D. Blodgett, John Glassco, John Pass, Stephen Scobie, Pierre Desruisseaux, Paulette Jiles, Don Coles, Roo Borson, Heather Spears, David Donnell, Stephanie Bolster, Jacob Scheier. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 199. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Leonard Norman Cohen, CC, GOQ (heb. , born September 21, 1934) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often deals with the exploration of religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships. Famously reclusive, having once spent several years in a Zen Buddhist monastery, and possessing a persona frequently associated with mystique, he is extremely well-regarded by critics for his literary accomplishments, for the richness of his lyrics, and for producing an output of work of high artistic quality over a five-decade career. Musically, Cohen's earliest songs (many of which appeared on the 1967 album, Songs of Leonard Cohen) were rooted in European folk music. In the 1970s, his material encompassed pop, cabaret and world music. Since the 1980s, his h...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19965375 ... Read more