Jonathan Cott Boeken

Features a complete account of the author's twelve-hour interview with Bernstein one year before the classical music personality's death in 1990.

The book, first published in 1981, explores themes of identity, belonging, and the complexities of human relationships. It delves into the lives of its characters as they navigate personal struggles and societal expectations, offering profound insights into the human experience. The narrative is rich with emotional depth and thought-provoking scenarios, making it a compelling read for those interested in character-driven stories that reflect on life's challenges and triumphs.

The narrative explores the deep friendship between Jonathan Cott and John Lennon, along with Yoko Ono, spanning from 1968 until Lennon's death in 1980. Cott offers unique insights into Ono's significant impact on Lennon and shares personal anecdotes that highlight their relationships over the years. This intimate account provides a rare perspective on two iconic cultural figures, showcasing the profound connections and experiences that shaped their lives. Cott's reflections reveal aspects of Lennon and Ono that remain largely unexplored.

In this collection, John Lennon gives insights on surviving fame the day before his murder, Bob Dylan contemplates identity in his film "Renaldo and Clara, " and Lou Reed explores the nihilism of New York City and the best lines he's ever written.

Susan Sontag, one of the most internationally renowned and controversial intellectuals of the latter half of the twentieth century, still provokes. In 1978 Jonathan Cott, a founding contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine, interviewed Sontag first in Paris and later in New York. Only a third of their twelve hours of discussion ever made it to print. Now, more than three decades later, Yale University Press is proud to publish the entire transcript of Sontag’s remarkable conversation, accompanied by Cott’s preface and recollections. Sontag’s musings and observations reveal the passionate engagement and breadth of her critical intelligence and curiosities at a moment when she was at the peak of her powers. Nearly a decade after her death, these hours of conversation offer a revelatory and indispensable look at the self-described "besotted aesthete" and "obsessed moralist." Sontag proclaims a personal credo, declaring: "Thinking is a form of feeling; feeling is a form of thinking."

The author spoke with pianist Glenn Gould (1932-82), one of the most idiosyncratic and charismatic musicians of the twentieth century, in 1974 for Rolling Stone and published the transcripts in two long articles; after Gould's death, the author gathered these interviews in this book, adding an introduction, a selection of photographs, and more.

Brings together more than thirty of the most important and revealing interviews and conversations with the legendary musician, including seminal articles from the Rolling Stone, as well as Nat Hentoff's 1996 Playboy interview and other dialogues with Studs Terkel, Nora Ephron, and Sam Shepard. 70,000 first printing.

"Featuring luminaries such as Chinua Achebe and Lou Reed, from Bob Dylan to Dr. Seuss, from Carl Sagan to Elizabeth Taylor, the conversations in Listening brim with fun cultural trivia, astute psychological observations, and the rare candid look at larger than life personalities. This mosaic is the culmination of a life's work and will be beloved by casual and serious readers alike"--

The story of one woman's search for the previous life she led in ancient Egypt, written by a Rolling Stone and New Yorker journalist.

A historical compilation to savor” (Los Angeles Times) that is “invaluable…irresistible” (The New York Times)—the ultimate collection of interviews and encounters with Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan, spanning his entire career from 1962 to today