Penn faculty Brooke O’Harra (center, standing), director, collaborated with Tyshawn Sorey (center, seated), music composer, to create a production of the book-length poem “Be Holding” by Ross Gay, in partnership with Girard College in Philadelphia. The quartet Yarn/Wire performed the music, including pianists Julia Den Boer (left) and Laura Barger (second from left), and percussionist Sae Hashimoto (right). (Image: Ryan Collerd)

Ross Gay’s Be Holding takes over Girard College’s Armory gym

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Poetry in the Paint

An iconic NBA Finals shot inspires a breathtaking meditation on Black genius

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