LargeHeartedBoy — Jane Smiley on the 2016 U.S. presidential election. R.I.P., Leonard Cohen. Last week I started my annual aggregation of online "best books of 2016" Lists at Largehearted Boy. Ebooks on sale for $1.99 today: An Atlas of Impossible Longing by... more info

The Mirror — His heartfelt letter arrived just in time for her to hear his final goodbye more info

Nialler9 — It’s been a clusterfuck of a week by any standards, even a year which has given us so much terrible news in music alone. 2016 continued dumping on our spirits this week with a Trump presidency in the US and the death of Leonard Cohen this mor... more info

Stereogum — The people of Canada have always been justly proud of Leonard Cohen. And shortly after we learned of Cohen’s passing last night, Justin Trudeau, the nation’s Prime Minister, issued a heartfelt statement about Cohen and what he meant to Canada. He... more info

BBC News - UK — A look at how other musicians approached the songs of Leonard Cohen more info

Time — The 1984 song is now iconic, but was not an initial success more info

The Mirror — The singer-songwriter spoke of the "blessing" of losing his critical inner voice more info

Uncut — Cohen has died at age 82 Cohen has died at age 82 The post Tributes pour in for Leonard Cohen: “No other artist’s poetry and music felt or sounded quite like yours” appeared first on Uncut. more info

The Mirror — Hallelujah is one of the most covered songs in modern times more info

BBC News - UK — Pictures from the life and career of the late Leonard Cohen, the Canadian singer and poet whose dark folk songs gained him a global following. more info