'A genre of one': Leonard Cohen biographer weave strands into portrait of artist renewed (The Commercial Appeal)

1M_Sunday

6M_Sunday

As Leonard Cohen’s most able biographer, Sylvie Simmons’ opinion of the singer-songwriter doesn’t come as a great surprise. “To me he’s in the pantheon; he’s up there with the greats,” says Simmons, author of the recent study “I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen” (Ecco).

by Bob Mehr for The Commercial Appeal