Australian Encounters

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George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960

Episode Synopsis

In the backroom bar of the Katsikas brothers' grocery store, amid tins of olive oil and sacks of flour, a young unknown Canadian poet met an Australian expatriate named George Johnston.

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