Essays

1090 results
Page 44
Weapons of self destruction

Remembering Robin Williams (nine)

A verbal Picasso

Like some stand-up comedian character created by James Joyce, Robin Williams let fly his imagination, and one could only stare in wonder at the sheer inventive joy of it.
Armen Pandola

Armen Pandola

Essays 4 minute read
He arrived as an alien: Robin Williams and Pam Dawber in “Mork & Mindy” (© American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.)

Remembering Robin Williams (eight)

Confronting the unmentionable

Did Robin Williams act too soon? Should he have waited and asked for more help from friends and family?
Thom Nickels

Thom Nickels

Essays 4 minute read
Robin Williams in "Good Morning, Vietnam" (© 1987 - Touchstone Pictures)

Remembering Robin Williams (seven)

A stand-up guy

Robin Williams’s protean talent, luminous intelligence, and overflowing heart were a once-in-a-generation blessing.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

Essays 3 minute read
Robin Williams in “Dead Poets Society” (© 1989 - Touchstone Pictures)

Remembering Robin Williams (six)

Robin Williams: Empathetic hero

Robin Williams didn’t just make people laugh, he made them think, as we see in his best roles, when he played wise mentors.

Michael Lawrence

Essays 4 minute read
Robin Williams and his rainbow suspenders in “Mork & Mindy” (Photo by David Sutton - © 1978 David Sutton - Image courtesy mptvimages.com)

Remembering Robin Williams (five)

Robin Williams and my rainbow connection

If you’re moved by Robin Williams’s life, work, or death, find a way to honor that.

Tara Lynn Johnson

Essays 3 minute read
Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges in “The Fisher King” (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images - © 2012 Getty Images)

Remembering Robin Williams (four)

Goodbye, Robin

I feel deeply for Robin Williams’s family and their devastating loss, but selfishly I feel even more bereft at my own loss.
Chris Predmore

Chris Predmore

Essays 2 minute read
Robin Williams and Matt Damon in “Good Will Hunting” (© 1997 Miramax Pictures- all rights reserved)

Remembering Robin Williams (three)

Battling monsters

It seemed Robin Williams could never fully escape from the fear that often leads addicts to self-medicate.
Maria Thompson Corley

Maria Thompson Corley

Essays 4 minute read

Sign up for our newsletter

All of the week's new articles, all in one place. Sign up for the free weekly BSR newsletters, and don't miss a conversation.

Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams in “Hook” (© Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

Remembering Robin Williams (two)

A spirit of play

There was never a point in my life where Robin Williams wasn’t the man.
Tom Hannigan

Tom Hannigan

Essays 2 minute read
(photo by Charles Haynes, via Flickr/Wikimedia)

Remembering Robin Williams (one)

A career of iconic characters

Robin Williams’s instant fame shot him to the very center of an alluring and powerful maelstrom.

Rich Heimlich

Essays 8 minute read
What's in her purse? (photo by freeparking via Flickr/Creative Commons)

People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos in Camden

Locked up with literature

Sometimes a participant’s response in a People & Stories group has made a story spin on its axis. It happened frequently at the Camden Youth Center, where my life experiences and those of participants were so starkly different.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Essays 6 minute read