Jon Boling Boling থেকে Gadkheda, Haryana 121004, India
Oh, Leonard Cohen, why do you rock my world so much? This book is STUNNING. (I love that it includes song lyrics mixed in with the poetry; based on "Sisters of Mercy" and "Hallelujah" alone, Leonard Cohen is my favorite poet of the 20th century.) I use his religious poetry in a class I teach at my Catholic church; it reads very much like a modern version of Augustine's "Confessions" or the Book of Job . . . painfully visceral and gut-wrenchingly human. If you come to Leonard Cohen in the right frame of mind (there is definitely a right and a wrong approach), he will change your life. No kidding.