Robinson’s Way
How I finally learned to stop worrying and love the prom
So tonight, gotta leave that nine to five up on the shelf, and just enjoy yourself. • A line from Michael Jackson's 1979 song "Off the Wall." As soon as I fit my leg through [...]
Resurrecting denial
There is no rationality in the Nazi hatred: it is hate that is not in us, it is outside of man. We cannot understand it, but we must understand from where it springs, and we [...]
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 large clock gives way to a panoramic view of the city. It was a few [...]
On Christmas carols
The day was a cold one. The rooftops on Main Street in Flers, the town where I attended high school, were lightly capped with snow. Snow is rare in this area of Normandy; so rare, [...]
The Queen’s Suite
In 1958, Queen Elizabeth II and jazz legend Duke Ellington met for the first time at an arts festival in Yorkshire. The following is an imagined version of a later encounter between the two at [...]
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 no introduction: Dear James, Wherever you are, I hope this finds you well. I am [...]
Finding hidden shapes
The lights are regulated correctly, there is a perfect distance between my bass and the amp, between my mouth and the mike. I glance toward my friend holding his vibrant red electric guitar. He starts [...]
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 comes to pass a somewhat enchanted event my host calls the pêche miraculeuse (or miraculous [...]
Les chiens
I was studying for a three-hour French exam, scheduled the next day, while getting ready for bed when I heard a neighbor pass by our rural Normandy house. I wasn't the only one to hear [...]
Melodies for homesickness
Although I’ve probably been to the United States close to twenty times, if not more, and though I'm a U.S. citizen, I can’t profess to ever having lived there for more than six months at [...]
Author

Will Keppler Robinson
Will Keppler Robinson was born in Greenwich Village, New York, in 2005. He has written two poetry collections, a novel, and is currently working on his third novel. A passionate lover of music, he also translates and writes songs. He now lives in Paris, pursuing a dual major in history and English literature at the Sorbonne.