Paul Grondahl
@PaulGrondahl
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Opalka Endowed Director, NYS Writers Institute - University at Albany. Times Union columnist. Author of bios of Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd & Teddy Roosevelt.
Guilderland, NY
Joined October 2010
Thanks for the shout-out @timesunion @therealgaryhahn Hope to see you this afternoon for @tonytula @nyswi @ualbany You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll squirm over these inventive stories.
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RIP Bob Drew. Here’s my 2014 feature on his amazing collection of 350,000 postcards. He called himself a deltiologist (look it up).
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My story Grondahl: New book celebrates Albany’s glorious firehouses.
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@chris_churchill has been columnizing on decaying downtown Albany for yrs. & @nytimes piece @byjayroot may get folks to pay attention. One omission. No mention of Albany Waterway proposal. Google it Jay.
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Even on #SuperBowl Sunday the @nyswi never sleeps. See our ad in today’s @timesunion A literary cornucopia awaits. So many books, so little time. Join the conversation.
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#OTD1925 @timesunion: The death of a great old Albany newspaper, the Albany Evening Journal, and with it a powerful Republican voice was silenced. Democrats have controlled the city since 1921.
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RT @nyswi: "Global chaos" tonight at Page Hall. This conversation with two well-respected foreign policy experts couldn't be better-timed,…
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My story. Grondahl: Illustrating truth in a post-truth world.
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Glad you got to know & revered the great John McClintock. A true gentleman, wonderful teacher and unparalleled archivist.
Really great @PaulGrondahl obit on one of my favorite people ever, my high school archivist John McClintock. He was a huge influence on my love of history and later journalism. Just one of those forces of institutional knowledge who can never be replaced.
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RT @nyswi: TONIGHT: "40th anniversary of Bright Lights, Big City" with Jay McInerney in conversation with @WAMCRadio's Joe Donahue. 7 p.m.…
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RT @nyswi: Just a few days left to submit your film short... Call for submissions: Albany Film Festival Short Film Contest. Awards and priz…
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Still time to make plans to see the cult favorite 1982 film “Smithereens.” Free. 7 pm. Tonight. Page Hall. 135 Weaken Ave. UAlbany downtown campus. Come join us. @nyswi
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One of the greats.
One vote shy of unanimous. Absolutely ridiculous. The whole process is antiquated. Ballots should be public; if you're gonna be a petty a-hole, you should at least have to stand behind it instead of hiding.
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We loved watching him from the right field bleachers at Mariners’ games. He chewed on his mitt’s laces to stay in the zone In the outfield. And employed a rifle arm to throw runners out at the plate. Of course his at-bats were transcendent.
Ichiro: Legend.
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RIP to the great visual voice of The Voice, a truth-teller and pomposity skewer in bold slashes of ink. And adopted upstater.
We are saddened to read about the passing of Jules Feiffer. Pulitzer winner and two-time guest of the NYS Writers Institute.
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My piece on MLK’s 1961 speech at Wilburn Temple in Albany. From the archives. Happy MLK Day.
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