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| Rap as Lyrical Poetry |  |
| Students will explore the history of rap music as lyrical poetry and understand the difference between rap music and hip hop culture. |  |
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| Conversation: So Long, Harry Potter |  |
| The NewsHour's arts team talks to film critic Ann Hornaday about the end of the Harry Potter movie series. |  |
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| In a Station of the Metro, an Apparition of Color From Sam Gilliam |  |
| Sam Gilliam's studio has the airy feel of a warehouse, but it boasts densities of colors and shapes. Sculptural paintings hang like scarves over the walls, and slabs of plywood are thick with hardened acrylics. Prints with more delicate, geometric patterns are stacked in various corners of the space. |  |
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| "Salvage the Bones," a new novel by Jesmyn Ward, tells the story of a Mississippi Gulf Coast family in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina. Ward, who grew up in Mississippi, was home for the summer in 2005 and survived during the devastating storm with her own family. |
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