Author Event: Michael Posner
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Zoom
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, The Favourite Game and Beautiful Losers, 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.
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: That’s How the Light Gets In 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 The New York Times called “a secular saint.
Michael Posner is an award-winning writer, playwright, journalist, and the author of seven books. These include the Mordecai Richler biography, The Last Honest Man, and the Anne Murray biography, All of Me, 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.