Letter to the Editor: Joe Biden has honored thousands of military members
The Timeline at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of Greater Rochester in Highland Park [Photo: David...
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Four days of wild card binging, a presidential debate and infection
9/29/2020. David Kramer (left) New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians; (right) Donald Trump vs....
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Remembering the Legacy of Belva Lockwood
In the Belva Lockwood Memorial and garden on Griswold Road in Royalton, NY. (Photos: George...
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Bill Pruitt offers “TALKER’S BIRTHDAY:” Five years and counting
On September 28th, 2016 with “Ode to the Talker”, we launched what has become perhaps...
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MLB’s expanded playoffs and three game series are a travesty. Or maybe not.
The New York Evening World, 18 Oct 1889. The cartoon marks the Giants victory in the first ever...
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Introductions
Welcome to Talker of the Town! My name is David Kramer. I have a Ph.D in English and teach at...
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Nazareth College’s President Daan Braveman on defining moments and his own March on Washington, August 1963
You first met Nazareth College President Daan Braveman in The underground history of Nazareth...
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Rachel’s Rebel Roots
RAB with FDR in Washington Square Park 6/16/16 I went to Washington Square Park to hear why Rachel...
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On Dr. Charles T. Lunsford and the house where he entertained Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Charles Lunsford’s former home on 90 Elmwood Ave [Photo: Robert] This Martin Luther King Day...
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Che of The Town: Interviews (1-107)
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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Getting To Know Mayor Lovely Warren; A Trailblazing Leader Within Our City
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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Farewell, President Seligman: A friend of the magazine.
(left) David Kramer (right) Joel Seligman. From Bringing back the mid 19th Century at the...
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The Presidential Visits Series in its entirety: James Monroe to Donald Trump
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in Rochester...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s 1995 “Billy Pilgrim” pilgrimage to the Mt. Hope grave of Edward R. Crone Jr, Brighton High School ’41
Provided by Rosemary Lloyd. Signed copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Slaughterhouse-Five by...
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“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story:” New and Improved
The Wells-Brown Room, Rush Rhees library, the University of Rochester. Just SOME of Crane’s books...
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Why I voted for Adam Bello and a trip down Talker political memory lane, 2015 – 2019
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] Last Saturday, the first day of...
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Dr. Joseph Roby could not save Lenore Engel, 11, victim of the 1918 pandemic buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Growing up on 39 Wilkins Street near Joseph Avenue in a German, possibly Jewish, family, Lenore...
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