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The final work of Cohen, who died in 2016 at the age of 82, this collection of poems, notebook excerpts, lyrics, drawings, and one email conversation wrestle with topics such as faith, love, sex, politics, interpersonal relationships, and what it means to be human. As he says in the first poem, "Happens to the Heart," there is "No fable here no lesson"—there is only expression and self-examination. With the self-portraits that pepper the pages and the nakedness of the words, teens will get a gl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More