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A Secret Chord: Exploring Leonard Cohen’s Sacred/Secular Songs

December 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

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An event every week that begins at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, repeating until December 17, 2024

$54
a person strumming the guitar
December 10 and 17, 2024
12-1:30 p.m. EST
$54
 
The iconic songs of Leonard Cohen have influenced the cultural landscape, from films to well-known cover renditions to contemporary liturgy. Throughout his life, Cohen wrestled with Jewish tradition and many of his lyrics and poems are woven with references to the Bible, psalms, Lurianic kabbalah, and traditional Jewish prayers.
 
Join writer Amy Gottlieb for an interactive discussion to unpack several songs, examining how Cohen engages with Jewish texts and theology. Our discussion will conclude with a generative writing workshop using prompts from poems and song lyrics.
 
Both sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.
headshot of Amy GottliebAmy Gottlieb’s debut novel, The Beautiful Possible, was a finalist for the Ribalow Prize, Wallant Award, and National Jewish Book Award. Her fiction and poetry have been published in On Being, Lilith, Ilanot Review, Paper Brigade, and Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry, among others. She has taught at the San Miguel Writers Conference, Canberra Writers Festival, Sydney Jewish Writers Festival, AWP, New York Public Library, and elsewhere. She lives in New York City, where she teaches fiction workshops and works with individual writers on book projects.

 

Details

Date:
December 17
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
EST
Cost:
$54
Event Category:

Organizer

Amy Gottlieb

Venue

Zoom

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