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The Flame

's last poems, selected and ordered by the author in the final months of his life. Featuring lyrics, prose pieces, and illustrations, the book also contains an extensive selection from 

's notebooks, which he kept in poetic form throughout his life, and offers an unprecedentedly intimate look inside the life and mind of a singular artist and thinker.

&nbsp;showcases the full range of Leonard Cohen's lyricism, from the exquisitely transcendent to the darkly funny. By turns devastatingly sad and winningly strange, these are the works of a poet and lyricist who has plumbed the depths of our darkest questions and come up wanting, yearning for more.&nbsp;(

Saying goodbye to Leonard Cohen

The official goodbye to Leonard Cohen was led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, kicking off a night full of musicians from around the world paying tribute to the Canadian music legend.

Special: Leonard Cohen

To mark Leonard Cohen's passing, we play an interview that Shelagh did with him in 2006, when five of his songs were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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