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Rob Mentzer’s certified finest, 2023

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By Rob Mentzer, Robert Mentzer Verified
| Medium
I read a number of excellent books this year but not very many of them were released this year. Because I often take book recommendations from professional critics’ year-end lists, I did read some good books that were published in 2022, so here are my favorite books from the last two years that I read this year. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin What’s that? You want to know what some of the best non-new books I read in 2023 were?
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Favorite culture things of 2021

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By Rob Mentzer, Robert Mentzer Verified
| Medium
This year did not go exactly as planned, but there were some good things in it. BOOKS 2021 was the year I discovered Charles Portis, whose writing in hilarious and precise. I listened to Donna Tartt reading True Grit and whoa buddy, that is the good stuff. I read three of his novels, may read the other four next year. I read some Scandinavian mystery novels and some Jack Reacher. I listened to the His Dark Materials trilogy while I was splitting logs and doing summer things, great books.
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Attorney: Sun Prairie School District Should Fire Teachers Who Asked 6th Graders How They Would 'Punish' A Slave

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By Robert Mentzer Verified
| Wisconsin Public Radio Verified
Listen Live District Has Put Teachers On Leave, Issued Public Apology After Outcry Over Lesson Published: Friday, February 5, 2021, 1:45pm An attorney for the family of a Sun Prairie sixth grader says every teacher who used a lesson plan that asked students how they would "punish" a slave should be fired, and the district should launch broad racial bias training for its employees.
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