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Album Reviews:
Leonard Cohen by Pat Harbron, Beetle, December 1973
	- a review of Live Songs.
Loners and Other Strangers by Paul Nelson, Rolling Stone,
	1975. Reprinted in the New Skin for the Old Ceremony Song Book, published by Amsco Music Publishing Company, 1975 - a review of New Skin for the Old Ceremony.
Leonard Cohen's Doo-Wop Nightmare by Paul Nelson,
	Rolling Stone, February 9, 1978 - a review of Death of a Ladies' Man.
Flattery Most Sincere by Bruce Dessau, The Guardian,
	October 3, 1991 - a review of I'm Your Fan.
I Have Heard The Future -- and It Works by Tim de Lisle,
	The Independent, November 22, 1992 - a review of The Future.
Party Time? Leonard Cohen Gets Caught with
	a Cockeyed Grin by Charles Taylor, The Boston Phoenix, November 27, 1992 - a review of The Future.
God and Women: Leonard Cohen Wants the Wall Back
	by Mark Schone, L.A. Weekly, November 27, 1992 - a review of The Future.
Future Shocking by Edwin Pouncey, New Musical
	Express, November 28, 1992 - a review of The Future.
Where the Past Meets the Future by Chris Dafoe,
	Toronto Globe & Mail, November 30, 1992 - a review of The Future.
Leonard Cohen Shows He's Still Full of Fire
	by Rob Wilson, The Financial Post (Toronto), December 12, 1992 - a review of The Future.
Through the Gloom: Cohen Finds a Ray of Hope
	by Ed Bumgardner, Daily, January 30, 1993 - a review of The Future.
From the Wall Street Journal, by Jim Fusilli, February 10,
	1993 ("On Disk: The True Legacy of Fleetwood Mac") - a review of The Future.
A Light-Hearted Apocalypse and The Best of
	the New 'Best Of' by Tim de Lisle, Independent on Sunday, October 12, 1997 - a review of More Best Of.
Cohen: New Spin from an Old Ceremony by I-Huei Go,
	New York Observer, April 16, 2001 - a review of Field Commander Cohen: Tour Of 1979.

Analyses:
Leonard Cohen: A Personal Look by A.W. Purdy,
	Canadian Literature, Winter 1965.
The Phenomenon of Leonard Cohen by Desmond Pacey,
	Canadian Literature, Autumn 1967.  Reprinted in Leonard Cohen: The Artist & His Critics, edited by Michael Gnarowski (1976).
Beautiful Losers: Mohawk Myth and Jesuit Legend by
	Leslie Monkman, Journal of Canadian Fiction, 1974.
Leonard Cohen: The Future by David Whiteis,
	December, 1998 (originally appeared in the Chicago Reader, late 1992, revised for these pages).
The Fiction of Leonard Cohen by T.F. Rigelhof,
	a chapter from his book This Is Our Writing, October 2000.
Cohen between the Covers by Aaron Wherry, National Post,
	September 2004.
One Haunting Ballad Has Been the Soundtrack to
	Many Lives Recently. But Why? by Bryan Appleyard, UK Sunday Times, January 9, 2005.
Anecdotes:
Leonard Cohen: Zooey Glass in Euorpe by Burr Snider, Gypsy,
	May 1970 (approx.). Reprinted in Leonard Cohen: The Artist & His Critics, edited by Michael Gnarowski (1976).
Leonard Cohen at the Albert Hall 1993: A Personal Account
	by Richard Cooper, June 1993 (especially written for these pages).
My Life without Leonard Cohen by Ruth R. Wisse,
	Commentary, October 1, 1995.
It Seems So Long Ago: Random Memories &
	Vignettes of Leonard In Person by David Whiteis, December 1998 (written for these pages).
A Short Walk in Leonard Cohen's Westmount
	by T.F. Rigelhof, an excerpt from his book This Is Our Writing, February 8, 2000.
Leonard the Versifier by Sylvie Simmons, MOJO,
	April 2002.
Biographies:
The Stranger Music of Leonard Cohen by William Ruhlmann,
	Goldmine, February 19, 1993.
Cohen: 'Arguably Montreal's Most Famous Jew' by
	Michael Regenstreif, Canadian Jewish News, October 6, 2004.
Pop Icon, Leonard Cohen Turns 70 by Mark Finkelstein,
	Des Moines Jewish News, November/December 2004.
Book Reviews:
A Review of Let Us Compare Mythologies  by Allan Donaldson,
	The Fiddlehead, November 1956.
Turning New Leaves by Milton Wilson, The Canadian Forum,
	March 1957. Reprinted in Leonard Cohen: The Artist & His Critics, edited by Michael Gnarowski (1976) - a review of Let Us Compare Mythologies.
The Lean and the Luscious by David Bromige, Canadian
	Literature, Autumn 1961.  Reprinted in Leonard Cohen: The Artist & His Critics, edited by Michael Gnarowski (1976) - a review of The Spice-Box of Earth.
A Zest for Life by Joan Irwin, The Tamarack Review,
	Winter 1964, - a review of The Favourite Game.
Blossom Show by Ed Kleiman, Alphabet, November 1964.
	Reprinted in Leonard Cohen: The Artist & His Critics, edited by Michael Gnarowski (1976) - a review of The Favourite Game.
Letters in Canada: 1964, Poetry by Milton Wilson,
	University of Toronto Quarterly, July 1965. Reprinted in Leonard Cohen: The Artist & His Critics, edited by Michael Gnarowski (1976) - a review of Flowers for Hitler.
Beautiful Beginners by Dennis Duffy, The Tamarack Review,
	Summer 1966 - a review of Beautiful Losers.
Leonard Cohen by Pat Harbron, Beetle, December 1973
	- a review of The Energy of Slaves.
Cohen's Women by Tom Wayman, Canadian Literature,
	No. 60, Spring 1974 - a review of The Energy of Slaves.
An Incomparable Novel by J. Kelly Nestruck, National Post,
	September 2004.
Concert Reviews:
1970 Concert Review by Joe Way, October 30 1970
	(concert date; written especially for these pages).
Leonard Cohen Here - Poet, Artist Entertains
	at Homecoming Show by Dave Wagner, The Capital Times, October 31, 1970.
Performer's Indifference Matches His Audience's
	by Alan J. Borsuk, The State Journal, October 31, 1970.
Cohen at Homecoming by David Smith, Badger
	Herald, November 3, 1970.
Gifts of Light from The Warrior of Love by David Whiteis,
	November 7, 1988 (date of concert; originally appeared in the Chicago Reader, revised for  these pages).
Live: When the Cohen Gets Tough: Leonard Cohen,
	the Existential Serenader, Is Still Glad to Be Glum by Andy Gill, Independent, May 13, 1993.
Brilliantly Miserable, As Ever by Helen Jacobus,
	Jewish Chronicle, May 14, 1993.
From The Independent on Sunday, by Ben Thompson,
	May 16, 1993 ("Back to Life with a Blast from the Rocket Man").
Cohen Round Again by Val Hennessy, Sunday Express,
	May 16, 1993.

The Somber Rituals of Leonard Cohen by Jon Pareles,
	New York Times, June 16, 1993.
Interviews/Articles:
Is the World (or Anybody) Ready for Leonard Cohen?
	by Jon Ruddy, MACLEAN'S, October 1, 1966.
After the Wipe-Out, a Renewal by Sandra Diwa, The Ubyssey,
	February 3, 1967.
Leonard Cohen...The Man by Ellen Sander (Email:
	databirds@aol.com), Sing Out!, August/September 1967.
Leonard Cohen...His Songs by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Sing Out!,
	August/September 1967.
Beautiful Creep by Richard Goldstein, Village Voice,
	reprinted in Goldstein's Greatest Hits: A Book Mostly about Rock 'n' Roll, December 28, 1967.
Unique Interpreters of Pop: Leonard Cohen by Jacoba Atlas,
	The Beat, March 9, 1968.
Leonard Cohen:  Renaissance Mensch, Playboy,
	November 1968.
Leonard Cohen: The Poet as Hero, His Songs &
	His Followers by Jack Batten, Saturday Night, June 1969.
Leonard Cohen: The Poet as Hero, Cohen Remembered
	by Don Owen, Saturday Night, June 1969.
Songs Sacred and Profane by Ira Mothner, Look,
	June 10, 1969.
An Interview with Leonard Cohen by Michael Harris, Duel,
	Winter 1969.
Can. Pop: Leonard Cohen by Jack Batten, Chatelaine,
	September 1969.
Ladies & Gents, Leonard Cohen by Jack Hafferkamp,
	Rolling Stone, February 4, 1971.
Leonard Cohen Talks by Billy Walker, Rock,
	January 3, 1972.
Famous Last Words from Leonard Cohen by Paul Saltzman,
	Maclean's, June 1972.
The Strange, Sad and Beautiful World of Leonard Cohen
	by Andrew Furnival, Petticoat, December 30, 1972.
Leonard Cohen by Pat Harbron, Beetle, December 1973.
Interview with Leonard Cohen by Jordi Sierra I Fabra,
	1974, from the book Leonard Cohen by Alberto Manzano, 1978.
September 15th 1974 by Robin Pike, ZigZag,
	October 1974.
Leonard Cohen: The Romantic in a Ragpicker's Trade
	by Paul Williams, Crawdaddy, March 1975.
The Obscure Case of Leonard Cohen and
	The Mysterious Mr. M. by Bruce Pollock, After Dark, February 1977.
What Happened When Phil Spector Met Leonard Cohen
	by Harvey Kubernik, The Los Angeles Phonograph, January 1978.
Leonard Cohen Obscured...A Haunting by Spector
	by Stephen Holden, Rolling Stone, January 26, 1978.
ABC Australia Radio, March 1980 (transcript of
	radio program).
Conversations from a Room by Tom Chaffin,
	Canadian Forum, August/September 1983.
Leonard Cohen by Kristine McKenna, Another Room
	Magazine, Spring 1985.
Leonard Cohen in Concert, Televisión Española S.A.
	(TVE2), July 11, 1985, (transcript of television program).
Jenny Sings Lenny by Steve Pond, Rolling Stone,
	March 12, 1987.
Jenny Sings Lenny by Alan Jackson (article on Jennifer
	Warnes) and by Biba Kopf (article on Leonard Cohen), New Musical Express, March 14, 1987.
Songs and Thoughts of Leonard Cohen by Robert O'Brian,
	RockBill, September 1987.
Stolen Moments: Leonard Cohen by Tom Schnabel,
	from the book Stolen Moments, Acrobat Books, 1988.
Leonard Cohen: A Portrait in First Person, CBC broadcast,
	1988  (transcript of television program).
Len by Jonh Wilde, Blitz, 1988.
Cohen's Way by Mat Snow, The Guardian, February 1988.
As a New Generation Discovers Leonard Cohen's
	Dark Humour, Kris Kirk Ruffles the Great Man's Back Pages by Kris Kirk, Poetry Commotion, June 18, 1988.
Leonard Cohen's Nervous Breakthrough by Mark Rowland,
	Musician, July 1988.
Comme Un Guerrier (Translated: Come on Gorilla)
	by Christian Fevret, Throat Culture, 1992, originally published in Les Inrockuptibles and translated by Sophie Miller.
Leonard Cohen's The Future, Interview by Bob
	Mackowitz, transcript of a radio special produced by Interviews Unlimited for Sony Music, 1992.
Leonard Cohen and the Death of Cool by David
	Sprague, Your Flesh, 1992.
Leonard Cohen by Barbara Gowdy, interview conducted on
	November 19, 1992, One on One: The Imprint Interviews, edited by Leanna Crouch, 1994.
Cohen's Future Is Now by Jim Slotek, Toronto Sun,
	November 19, 1992.
Cohen Grows into The Future Gracefully, and with a Grin
	by Peter Howell, Toronto Star, November 19, 1992.
The Ever-Dapper Leonard, Ottawa Sun, November 20, 1992.
The Loneliness of The Long-Suffering Folkie by Wayne
	Robins, Newsday - Long Island, November 22, 1992.
Growing Old Passionately by Alan Jackson, Observer,
	November 22, 1992.
Leonard Cohen, the Lord Byron of Rock-and-Roll
	by Karen Schoemer, The New York Times, November 29, 1992. (Another version of this article was reprinted in the Ann Arbor News, December 2, 1992, under the title "Lord Byron of Rock Makes Volvo Songs" and a shorter version of this article appeared in the Montreal Gazette, November 28, 1992, entitled "Icon of '60s Folkies, Cohen Now Hero of Musical Elite".)
Le Cercle de Minuit, interviewed by Michel Field,  France 2
	broadcast, December 1992 (transcript of television program).
Heavy Cohen by Cliff Jones, Rock CD, December 1992.
Life of a Lady's Man by Brian D. Johnson,
	Maclean's, December 7, 1992.
Cohen Heads Back to The Future by Spencer Bright,
	Daily Mail (London), December 11, 1992.
Rebirth of a Ladies' Man by Brendan Kelly,
	The Financial Post (Toronto), December 12, 1992.
The D-Files, interview by David Fanning, Ireland, 1993
	(transcript of radio program).
Sincerely, L. Cohen by Brian Cullman, Details for Men,
	January 1993.
Painstaking Effort Pays Off in Leonard Cohen's 'Future'
	by Tom Moon, Philadelphia Inquirer, January 4, 1993. (A slightly modified version appeared in the Chicago Tribune, December 6, 1992, under the title "Words Don't Come Easy" and The Ottawa Citizen, December 13, 1992, under the title "Cohen Labors Over Creative Assignments.")
7 Reasons Leonard Cohen Is the Next-Best Thing to God by
	David Browne, Entertainment Weekly, January 8, 1993.
Hello! I Must Be Cohen by Gavin Martin,
	New Musical Express, January 9, 1993.
No Mercy -- Leonard Cohen's Tales from the Dark Side
	by Anthony DeCurtis, Rolling Stone, January 21, 1993.
Leonard Cohen...What's Your Problem? Doom and Gloom
	by Patrick Humphries, VOX, February 1993.
La Brea Blues by Steve Pond, L.A. Style,
	February 1993.
Growing Old Disgracefully by Ian Pearson, Saturday Night,
	March 1993.
Leonard Cohen: Inside the Tower of Song by Paul Zollo,
	SongTalk, April 1993.
Leonard Cohen: Pondering His Past and 'The Future'
	by Scott Crawford, Intermission, weekly entertainment section of the Stanford Daily newspaper (Stanford University), April 8, 1993.
The Joking Troubadour of Gloom by Tim Rostron,
	The Daily Telegraph, April 26, 1993.
Later With Jools Holland, interview by Jools Holland,
	BBC-TV, June 1993 (a transcript of a television program).
First, He's a Poet by Rob Hubbard, Pioneer Press,
	St. Paul, Minnesota, June 21, 1993.
The Determinator, Questions Posed by Fans, Details,
	July 1993.
The Prince of Bummers by Leon Wieseltier, New Yorker,
	July 26, 1993.
The Prophet of Love Looks into the Abyss:
	A Conversation with Leonard Cohen by Thom Jurek, Los Angeles Reader, August 27, 1993.
Maverick Spirit: Leonard Cohen by Jim O'Brien,
	B-Side Magazine, August/September 1993.
Leonard Cohen by Dev Sherlock, Musician, November 1993.
An Interview with Leonard Cohen by Richard Guilliatt,
	The Sunday Times Magazine (London),
	December 12, 1993.
Leonard Cohen in Yakety Yak by Scott Cohen, 1994.
Q Questionnaire - Leonard Cohen, Q, September 1994.
Leonard Cohen, interviewed by Anjelica Huston, Interview,
	November 1995.
A Life in the Day of Leonard Cohen by Nigel Williamson,
	The Sunday Times Magazine (London), 1997.
A Tribute to Leonard Cohen by Bill Van Dyk,
	First Avenue In-House Magazine, January 13-26, 1999.
An Invincible Defeat by Albert Labbouz, from Patrice Clos'
	French Leonard Cohen site, June 29, 2001.
Leonard Cohen Returns to the Present with Ten New Songs,
	Press Agency EFE, El Mundo, July 5, 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Leonard Cohen in Madrid Yesterday to Present Some of His
	"New Songs" by Antonio Rojas, ABC, July 5, 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
The Return of the Dalai Cohen: The Canadian Singer to Release
	Ten New Songs in October by Juan Carlos Merino, La Vanguardia, July 6, 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Songs to Remember by Javier Laborda, Magazine,
	Sunday Supplement to La Vanguardia, La Razón, and others, August 26, 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
State of Grace by Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail,
	September 1, 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
A Happy Man by Mireille Silcott, Saturday Night,
	September 15, 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
An Intimate Conversation with...Leonard Cohen
	by Elena Pita, Magazine, Sunday supplement to El Mundo, September 15, 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Cohen on Wry by Michael Krugman, Flaunt,
	October 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
The California Girl and the Ladies' Man
	by Doug Saunders, Globe & Mail, October 11, 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Love's Hard Man by Alan Franks, The Times Magazine
	(UK), October 13, 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Leonard Cohen: Down from the Mountain, Singing with
	More Serenity by Ann Powers, New York Times, October 28, 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Leonard Cohen: Constant Earth, Wind and Fire
	by Jennie Punter, Flare, November 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Songs of a Poet by Steve Matteo, Inside Connection,
	November 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Exile on Main Street by Brett Grainger, Elm Street,
	November 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
The Prince of Prurience and Loss by John Leland,
	GQ, November 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Happy at Last: The Poet Returns from His Zen
	Retreat with a New Album and a Sunnier Disposition by J. Poet, Pulse, November 2001 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Leonard Cohen's Unlikely Debt to a Famous
	Green Ogre by Steven Rosen, The Denver Post, November 18, 2001.
Leonard Cohen: New Songs, New Approach by Eric
	Rudolph, Mix, February 2002 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Ten New Songs by Gökalp Baykal, Roll Magazine,
	February 2002 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Brother of Mercy by Mikal Gilmore, Spin,
	March 2002 (from www.10newsongs.com).
Songwriter Leonard Cohen Awarded Canada's
	Top Honor, Reuters news service, Yahoo! News, January 17, 2003.
Cohen, Murray to Join Songwriters Hall of Fame,
	CBC.ca, November 16, 2005.
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