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Friday, Nov. 22, 2019: Adam Cohen, Reginald Dwayne Betts and more

Today on q: musician Adam Cohen, q online columnist Elamin Abdelmahmoud, singer-songwriter FKA twigs, poet Reginald Dwayne Betts.
Leonard Cohen's posthumous album Thanks for the Dance, singer-songwriter FKA twigs, poet Reginald Dwayne Betts. (Kezban Özcan, Getty Images, Mamadi Doumbouya)

Today on q, with host Tom Power:

  • Leonard Cohen's son, Adam Cohen, talks about bringing his father's final work to life: a posthumous album called Thanks for the Dance.
  • Our online columnist Elamin Abdelmahmoud fills us in on Facebook's latest experiment, a meme-creation app called Whale, which is currently only available on the Canadian App Store.
  • Singer-songwriter FKA twigs discusses her long-awaited sophomore album, Magdalene, and why she wants to rewrite women's stories that have been "twisted by the patriarchy."
  • Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts tells us about his third collection of poetry, Felon, a personal examination of incarceration, family and justice.

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