When author Daniel Nieh listens to the song “Steer Your Way,” from Leonard Cohen’s final album “You Want it Darker,” he interprets it as an exhortation.
“This is a song about agency,” said Nieh, who uses Cohen’s song to help combat his feelings of helplessness amid the pandemic, economic crisis and social strife of 2020.
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