Wild hair, a brown hat and an eccentric violet costume - the character of Willy Wonka was a defining image of many childhoods. With a face filled with fun, laughter and mystery, Gene Wilder was ...

“Reality had little weight in his transcendence,” wrote poet A. R. Ammons, “so he / had trouble keeping / his feet on the ground.” I couldn’t help but think of these lines from “He Held Radical Light” ...