Sylvie Simmons

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I’M YOUR MAN: The Life of Leonard Cohen, “the major, soul-searching biography that Leonard Cohen deserves… a mesmerizing labor of love” (Janet Maslin, The New York Times), is now available in paperback. A New York Times Bestseller, I’M YOUR MAN is a deeply insightful, well-rounded portrait of an artist whose reach, vision, and incredible talent has had a profound impact on multiple generations and who continues to create magic today. The hardcover of I’M YOUR MAN received tremendous praise and attention. Los Angeles Times called Simmons’ work, “A new gold standard of Cohen bios”. A.M. Homes of The New York Times Book Review praises that I’M YOUR MAN is “A thoughtful celebration of the artist’s life…Simmons has deftly narrated Cohen’s evolution, bringing the past into the present and reminding us of the breadth of the journey… In the end, this biography has the oddest effect: as soon as you finish reading it you feel an overwhelming impulse to go back and begin again, revisiting the story with what you’ve learned along the way.” Sylvie Simmons is one of the foremost music journalists chronicling rock ‘n roll since the 1970s. She has written for every major international music magazine, including Rolling Stone, MOJO, and The Guardian among other publications, and has interviewed everyone from Brian Wilson to Mick Jagger. A winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for her liner notes to Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970, she is also the author of the biographies Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of Gitanes, and Neil Young: Reflections in Broken Glass, as well as the short story collection Too Weird for Ziggy. She lives in San Francisco.
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