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Robert michael lipsyte born january 5, 1938 is an american sports journalist and author and former ombudsman for espn. Project question and answer slides for your whole class to interact with. Both beautiful and awful, pure in concept and often woefully corrupt in practice, boxing is both intriguing and repellant to many, and robert lipsytes masterful novel, the contender. The contender by robert lipsyte free online notes chapter summaries with notes chapter 1 summary. Hes a high school dropout and his grocery store job is leading nowhere. While heroic writers face deadly dangers speaking truth to power, going up against secret police and killer clerics, i only bump up against greedy coaches.
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