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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
Just for men

Just for (Vain) Men

Isn't it ironic that when you reach your 60s, you do things to try to make yourself look younger that you would have done in times past to look older?
Perry Block

Perry Block

Essays 3 minute read
Starting the phone call with bad news. (Photo by Nathan Rein via Flickr/Creative Commons)

Compassion

Should there be a mutually respected statute of attenuation when it comes to the dissemination of bad news?
Bob Levin

Bob Levinand Adele Levin

Essays 3 minute read
Jonathan Hyde as Eldritch Palmer in "The Strain."  (© Copyright 2014, FX Networks. All rights reserved.)

Vampires through the years

Nightmares of the past reborn

Vampires have changed through the ages, as has their meaning, both on the surface and in subtext. This is a look at these mythical beings through a pop culture lens.
Chris Predmore

Chris Predmore

Essays 6 minute read
Like father, like son: Noah Beery Jr. and James Garner in "The Rockford Files." (Photo by Gene Trindl - © 1978 Gene Trindl - Image courtesy mptvimages.com)

James Garner: An appreciation

James Garner passed away at 86 as real heroes should: from natural causes, the ultimate ending for a performer who made acting seem so natural.
Joseph Glantz

Joseph Glantz

Essays 5 minute read
Ducking the question: Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix." (© 1999 - Warner Bros. Entertainment)

Are you famous?

As usual, a child asks the question we're all wondering about.
Kile Smith

Kile Smith

Essays 5 minute read
"Throes of Creation" by Leonid Pasternak

Pondering the life of creation

What does it mean to live a life of creation? Is it a withdrawal from the world? Or the primary source of continuous change?
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Essays 4 minute read
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The misbegotten right to be forgotten

Can a new Google rule save a humor writer from himself?
Perry Block

Perry Block

Essays 2 minute read