Various Positions (45 page)

21
“What race will read”: Irving Layton, “Prologue to the Long Pea-Shooter,”
CIV/n:
187.

22
“One can get tired”: Northrop Frye, “Letters in Canada: 1951,”
University of Toronto Quarterly
21 (1952): 255.

23
“with a happy / screech”:
LC,
“For My Old Layton,”
FH
37.

24
“I taught him”:
LC
in Dorman 57.

25
“always seemed to leave”: Don Owen, “Leonard Cohen: The Poet as Hero: 3,”
Saturday Night
(June 1969) 31.

26
“poised on a rope”: IL, “Foreword,”
The Tightrope Dancer
(Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1978) 9.

27
“in a car full of women”: Doug Jones in Djwa,
The Politics of the Imagination: A Life of F.R. Scott
280.

28
“You have discovered”: McGill Yearbook
(1955)

29
“I yearned to live”:
LC
in Paul Williams, “The Romantic in a Ragpicker’s Trade,”
Crawdaddy
(March 1975) 54.

30
“He knew”:
BCQ
198

31
“slow and reluctant”: LD letter to author 7/20/93.

32
“the sentimental late-romantic”: LD letter to author 7/20/93.

33
“To Louis Dudek”:
LD
’s copy of
LCM;
cited with permission.

34
“Leonard always had”: LD in Dorman 55.

35
“I was fortunate to see him”: LD address, McGill Convocation “But Leonard”: LD address, McGill Convocation 6/16/92.

36
“He has won through”: LD, “Address,” McGill Convocation 6/16/92.

37
“I want to continue”: “Prose Fragments, 1952–1956”(27 December 1956)
UT
.

38
“I know all about”: “Prose Fragments” (27 December 1956)
UT
.

39
“strive for folk-song”: “Prose Fragments” (27 December 1956)
UT
.

40
“The moon dangling”:
LCM
54.

41
“It’s been downhill”:
LC
in Michael Freeman, “Leonard Cohen,”
Venue
(Winter 1994) 58.

42
“Mostly what I was”:
LC
in Freeman, “Leonard Cohen,”
Venue
(Winter 1994) 59

43
“Breasts, in my mind”: Untitled [“I thought I’d seen a lot of things,”] “Prose Fragments, 1952–56,” [1]
UT
.

44
“Women who have popularity”: “Prose Fragments” [1]
UT
.

45
“Layton would at once”: “Prose Fragments” [2]
UT
.

46
“dark southern slope”: “Prose Fragments” [2]
UT
.

47
“And at that moment”: “Prose Fragments” [3]
UT
.

48
“I am change”: LC 10/24/95.

49
“Our song led us to the ovens”: LC 10/24/95.

50
“The nightmares”: PH 13.

51
“I merely step”: PH 13.

52
“In principle”: LC, Black Notebook (March 1967),
TCA
.

53
“which is famous”: LC, 1981 Luberon Journal,
TCA
.

54
“My personality”: LC in “Newsletter,”
Leonard Cohen Information Service
1 (16 December 1984) 1.

1
“passion without fiesh”: “Swings Jocko,”
SBE
24.

2
“love with no climax”: “Swings Jocko,”
SBE
24.

3
“I feel lonely”: Columbia Notebook (7 November 1956)
UT
.

4
“He was lying under”: John Walsh, “Research, you understand… Leonard Cohen,”
Mojo
(September 1994) 58.

5
“a certain kind of genius”: LC to Vince Scelsa, “Idiot’s Delight,” 6/13/93.

6
“really spinning”: LC to Vince Scelsa, “Idiot’s Delight,” 6/13/93.

7
“I was always only on the fringe”:
Mojo
(September 1994) 58.

8
“UNINTERRUPTED AND UNREVISED”: Jack Kerouac, “Introduction,”
On The Road
[Norwegian éd.],
The Portable Kerouac
, éd. Ann Charters (NY: Viking, 1995) 481.

9
“This magazine intends”:
The Phoenix
1 (April 1957) [1].

10
“Riverside Church”: “Notebook, ca. 1956,”
UT
.

11
“durable, disciplined and athletic”: PG 137.

12
“old rules of light”: PG 171.

13
“the scene the heart”: PG 136.

14
“about her body and her beauty”: PG 140.

15
“I’d no sooner forget you”: White Notebook (September 1961),
UT
.

16
“Reader”: White Notebook (September 1
961),
UT
.

17
“I would appreciate”: LC to Esther Cohen, 13 July 1
961,
UT
.

18
“Your report”: EC to LC,? November 1961,
UT
.

19
“Let’s run away”: LC to Anne Sherman,? December 1961,
UT
.

20
“Don’t worry about me”: LC to Canada Council, 2 June 1961,
UT
.

21
“Must we find”: “Priests 1957,”
SBE
78.

22
“Now Leonard Cohen”: IT to Desmond Pacey, 18 October 1958.

23
“What will become”: DP to IL, 29 October 1958.

24
“Layton, when we dance”: “Last Dance at the Four Penny,”
SBE
71.

25
“Work, fine work”: “A Hundred Suits from Russia,”
UT
[3].

26
“one day”: “A Hundred Suits,”
UT
[3].

27
“One hundred”: “A Hundred Suits,”
UT
[4].

28
“My grandfather came”:
A Ballet of Lepers
, TS.ca. 1957,
UT
[1].

29
“Defeated he stood”: BAL,
UT
[59].

30
“each of us had”: BAL,
UT
[60].

31
“Flee from this place”: LC 5/12/94.

32
“I had a clock”: LC in Winfried Siemerling, “Interview,”
Take This Waltz
168.

33
“How sad and beautiful”: BAL,
UT
[61].

34
“It happened”: BAL,
UT
[67].

35
“We are not mad”: BAL,
UT
[68].

36
“learn betrayal”: BAL,
UT
[74].

37
“to learn shame”: BAL,
UT
[74].

38
“probably felt”: IT in Cameron,
Irving Layton
277.

39
“Don’t worry”: Vera Frenkel 3/2/95.

40
“torment on the bed”: VP 3/2/95.

41
“Leonard always needed”: VP 3/2/95.

42
“a red fire hydrant”: Al Purdy,
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
(Maderia Park: Harbour Publishing, 1993) 221.

43
“within a slight”: AP 222.

44
“sad Duke of Windsor”: IT to DP, 29 June 1957.

45
“we had lots”: IT to DP, 29 June 1957.

46
“on the threshold”: “Goodbye Old Rosengarten,” TS ca. 1958,
UT
[1].

47
“He’s currently”: IT to DP, 13 February 1958.

48
“but Cohen”: IT to DP, 13 February 1958.

49
“It was written”: LC tape 8 April 1958.

50
“I wonder”: LC tape 8 April 1958.

51
“Well, ah, this”: LC tape, 8 April 1958.

52
“the nightclub poets”: Morley Callaghan, “Holiday Weekend in Montreal,”
Maclean’s
(30 August 1958) 42.

53
“is a kind of”: MC 44

54
“a waiter placed”: MC 44.

55
“Whatever I have written”: Untitled, June 1958,
UT
[1].

56
“Edgar, I had no choice”: LC quoted by EC 10/23/94.

57
“not even capable”: TD, “Patterns of Recent Canadian Poetry”
Culture
19 (December 1958) 412.

58
“obscure cosmological imagery”: TD
Culture
412.

59
“as stupid as it is false”: IT to DP 26 January 1959.

60
“the Canadian poet”: IT in Louis Dudek, Irving Layton, Raymond Souster,
Cerberus
(Toronto: Contact Press, 1952) 45.

61
“the fires”: LC in IT to DP 8 June 1959.

62
“Klein chose to be”: LC, “Loneliness and History,” ed. Winfried Siemerling,
Take This Waltz
147.

63
“a certain Hebraic sense”: LC
Matrix
45.

64
“His fate”: LC
Matrix
45.

65
“I was always more”: LC
Matrix
45.

66
“Dear Mr. McClelland”: LC to Jack McClelland 5/5/59,
UT
.

67
“I think”:
JM
c
CT
7/23/94.

68
“too slight”: Claire Pratt to LC, 7/15/59,
UT
.

69
“no other poet”: CP to LC, 7/15/59,
UT
.

70
“I have bought”:
LC
to
CP
j/21/1959,
UT
.

71
“Please understand”:
LC
to CP 7/21/59,
UT
.

72
“inner-directed adolescents”:
LC
to CP 7/21/59,
UT
.

73
“Thank you”:
LC
to CP 7/21/59,
UT
.

74
“Can’t take it anymore”: IL to DP 6/8/59. Written in June, Layton reports Cohen’s proposed decision to change jobs in September.

75
“to liberate spiritual energy”:
LC,
“Comme un Guerrier,”
Throat Culture
58.

76
“thanks to drugs”:
LC,
“Comme un Guerrier,”
Throat Culture
58.

77
“enough Anglo-Saxon dignity”: IL to DP 19 November 1959.

78
“An All-Season Haiku”:
LC,
TS, fall 1959,
UT
.

1
“As long as you”:
LC,
“Comme un Guerrier,”
Throat Culture
59.

2
“She is partly”:
LC,
“Comme un Guerrier,”
Throat Culture
59.

3
“London is welcoming”:
LC,
“Comme un Guerrier,”
Throat Culture
59.

4
“permanent advisor”:
LC,
“Comme un Guerrier,”
Throat Culture
59.

5
“very lovely”:
LC
to Esther Cohen 18 April 1962,
UT
.

6
“until by sheer weight”:
BCQ
1.

7
“I’m glad the book”:
LC
to CP, 27 March 1960,
UT
.

8
“I wouldn’t like”:
LC
to CP, 27 March 1960,
UT
.

9
“the only copy”:
LC
to
JM
c
CL
28 August 1960,
UT
.

10
“I said to myself”:
LC,
“Comme un Guerrier,”
Throat Culture
59.

11
“I suppose”: IL to DP 15 February 1960.

12
“wild and naked perfection”: Henry Miller,
The Colossus of Maroussi
(1941; NY: New Directions, 1958) 55.

13
“six deal tables”: Charmian Clift,
Peel Me a Lotus
(London: Hutchinson, 1959) 15.

14
“in a wild spate of words”: Clift,
Peel 60
.

15
“horseshoe-shaped”: George Lailios to author 12 September 1994.

16
“the actors”: GL to author 12 September 1994.

17
“Bet between
LC
”: “Bet between
LC
and George Johnston,” 16 October 1
961,
UT
.

18
“a lot of writing”: Cynthia Nolan in Garry Kinnane,
George Johnston, A Biography
(Melbourne: Thomas Nelson, 1986) 158.

19
“Pull up your sex”:
LC
5/10/94.

20
“Forget the Grace”: “Fragment from a Journal,” SM 386.

21
“He exposed”: Don Lowe,
Kingy
(unpub.) 44.

22
“I don’t think”: DL,
Kingy
48.

23
“living in a past century”: GL to author 12 September 1994.

24
“origins are truly”: GL to author 12 September 1994.

25
“I used to sit”:
LC,
“Journal,” 17 May 1966,
UT
.

26
“It wasn’t just”:
LC,
BBC 7/8/94.

27
“Marianne is perfect”:
LC
to IL, 21 April 1963,
UT
.

28
“the incarnation of the European woman”: Charles Gurd 7/12/94.

29
“the way she inhabited”:
LC,
BBC 7/8/94.

30
“Marianne and I”:
LC,
BBC 7/8/94.

31
“There was a woman”:
LC,
“Comme un Guerrier,”
Throat Culture
59.

32
“Leonard was unique”: NB 12/29/94.

33
“You could not own”: NB 12/29/94.

34
“It has a huge terrace”:
LC
to Masha Cohen, 3 August 1961,
UT
.

35
“I wander through”:
LC
to EC,? October 1
961,
UT
.

36
“But they came back”:
LC
to EC, 3 August 1961,
UT
.

37
“It is like receiving”:
LC
to MC, 18 October 1961,
UT
.