Liel Leibovitz is the author or co-author of five books, including, most recently, A Broken Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen in the World, scheduled for publication by W.W. Norton next year. He is a senior writer for Tablet Magazine (www.tabletmag.com), and a frequent contributor to The New Republic and other publications. He is also an assistant professor of communications at New York University, focusing on video games and nascent digital technologies. A wandering Jew,literature in translation is his bindle stick.