Leonard Cohen's Book of Longing figures into a recent Silicon Valley venture capital sexual harassment lawsuit. The book - a gift from a senior partner to a woman in the firm - was described as "equivalent to making a crude proposal or touching in an inappropriate place". Bloggery here. Full story here.
I'm starting to see the required summer reading on this blargh in a whole new light.
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I can think of no higher compliment to a poet than to say their writing is the "equivalent to making a crude proposal or touching in an inappropriate place." Eat your heart out, Neruda!
Hmm, kinda like every song Dave's ever written.
And I mean that in a good way.
Jay, show us on the doll where Dave's song touched you.
I object! On the grounds of hearsay. And besides, Jay has no inappropriate places.
Sustained, all his places were appropriated long ago.
And I'll add that the strings version of Motel Darkness always touches me inappropriately.
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