Category: American Cities
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Let America be Wrong – Poems by B Nardolilli
Ben Nardolilli lives in Virginia. His work has appeared in Perigee Magazine, Red Fez, The 22 Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Elimae, Pear Noir, and The Minetta Review. He has a chapbook: “Common Symptoms of an Enduring Chill Explained.” He blogs at mirrorsponge.blogspot.com. Let America Be Wrong Yes, I have a wide place In a land that’s mine,
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August Poetry – Poems Submitted by C Scharwath
The Orlando Sentinel, Lake Healthy Living, Think Healthy and Mature Lifestyles Magazines have all described Carl Scharwath as the “running poet.” His interests include being a father/grandfather,competitive running,sprint triathlons and taekwondo (he’s a 2nd degree black belt). His work appears worldwide with over forty publication credits. 3:01am Celestial evening oozes black and droplets begin to…
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The City Does Spring Cleaning – Poem Submission by T Geiger
Tayler Geiger is a writer and slam poet at Washington University in St. Louis. As a freshman, he grew roots that continue to sprawl and qualified to compete at the National Poetry Slam. After completing his first chapbook, he plans on becoming a vegetarian. The city does spring cleaning trash-bag smock wearin urban vermin
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Panhandling – Poem Submission by Y Levitskiy
Yevgeniy Levitskiy has received a B.A. in English-Education from Brooklyn College. His writing has been published in Green Briar Review, Smoking Poet and elsewhere. His forthcoming publications include The Books They Gave Me (Free Press/Simon & Schuster) and Everyday Other Things. He is currently at work on a middle-grade novel. Panhandling Q train at five pm local time, it’s the yokel’s…
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Catalpa on the East River, Randall’s Island – Preview by M. Pitter
New York City celebrates music on Randall’s Island for the first time under the auspice of Catalpa. The Catalpa Music Festival takes place on the 28th and 29th of July featuring an iridescent collection of artists ranging from headliners The Black Keys and Snoop Dogg to the Harlem ‘goldie’ A$AP Rocky, from Matisyahu to Girl…
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Unity of Existence – Vignette by P Chatelain
As I looked out over the thousands, I felt subtle and individual spirits. At a distance, a visage of indistinguishable beings with the same life energy as a mass of grass or cold ocean. They lined the horizon in multicolored specks of life. Thousands of consciousnesses, blurring together into one unity of existence. (and I still can’t…
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New Negro Politics – Essay by P Chatelain
Political Changes by way of Cultural Changes How African Americans of the Harlem Renaissance reversed gruesome stereotypes in order to rework their image in the eyes of their white brothers.
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Issue 1: July 2012
The inaugural issue of In Parentheses Literary Magazine is now available.
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Constitution – Poem by P Chatelain
Constitution what a privilege
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A Black Author’s Duty – Essay by P Chatelain
Visionary Writers of the Harlem Renaissance and their Critics Black writers’ struggle with publication of Black novels and poems due to the enormous white readership. Did they have a duty to depict minorities under a certain light?
