Resurrecting denial
There is no rationality in the Nazi hatred: it is hate that is not in us, it is outside of [...]
Thoughts on ethical culture
The restaurant at Paris’ Musée d’Orsay conjures up the bustling atmosphere of the train station this museum once was. The [...]
On Christmas carols
The day was a cold one. The rooftops on Main Street in Flers, the town where I attended high school, [...]
The Queen’s Suite
In 1958, Queen Elizabeth II and jazz legend Duke Ellington met for the first time at an arts festival in [...]
Open letter to James Baldwin
A letter from Will Keppler Robinson, young writer on the cusp of adulthood to James Baldwin, a writer who needs [...]
I Found Out
This is the first installment of a work in progress. The title is from a song by John Lennon. New [...]
Finding hidden shapes
The lights are regulated correctly, there is a perfect distance between my bass and the amp, between my mouth and [...]
On Armistice Day
On a day when everyone searches for peace, columnist Will Robinson muses on the history of a protest song.
Tannenbaum for the migrant
Living in a time and place in which religious faith is unfashionable, France-based columnist Will Robinson decides to believe anyway.
A miraculous catch
In the Brittany seaside town I visited in July, situated in the northernmost region of Finistère (literally, land’s end), there [...]
Les chiens
I was studying for a three-hour French exam, scheduled the next day, while getting ready for bed when I heard [...]