Category: criticism
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Kanye West, Yeezus, and Andy Warhol’s “Business Art” by P. Chatelain
I feel like I need a certain disclaimer before I say anything else. Disclaimer: I am a Kanye West fan. That seems sufficient. When I saw that there was an interview on NY Times with Kanye West, knowing that his album Yeezus is coming out this week, I had to take a look. Because, with Kanye, that…
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(VIDEO) “You Can/Can’t Touch My Hair”: Natural Hair on Display by R. Uribe
Ramelcy Uribe is a student from Haverford College from the Bronx, New York. Her internet presence is centralized here. Simply put, the “Natural Hair Movement” for Black womyn from all across the Pan-African diaspora has become our re-introduction to rocking our natural curls and naps. For many, it’s the first time since our childhood or…
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The NEW Issue of In Parentheses Lit Mag is NOW AVAILABLE
The day has come, everybody! Our final issue of the first volume of In Parentheses Literary Magazine is now available for purchase at MagCloud. To celebrate OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY of creating the IP Blog, we have come out with two covers (by Peter Mannka). Collect both! In This Issue works by the IP Team and…
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WIN: A copy of IP Issue 3 (JAN 2013)
I’d like to invite all of you to join the Winter 2013 IP Giveaway where we will be giving out a FREE COPY of the latest issue of In Parentheses to TWO (2) lucky winners! You can get multiple chances to win by ‘Liking’ us on Facebook, and ‘Following’ us on Twitter! The form is available…
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FINALE: Just by P Kim
Phillip Kim was forced to go to Boston University. He studies English Education because he wants to be a drill sergeant but he doesn’t want to join the military. He is a preschool teacher and mocks his students regularly. He writes videogame plots, slam poetry, short stories and likes cheese. READ PART 1 HERE READ PART…
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Squawk Back Talks Back – Press
Report by A. FORERO – Squawk Back Talks Back In Parentheses talks to Zak Block, 27, editor-in-chief of Squawk Back magazine, about the best and the worst of “publishing the unpolished.”
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WORD: A Night to Unite Artists (open mic)
In Parentheses will be hosting a poetry reading in Allston, MA this weekend. Tweet us for any and all information.
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Points of Paradisimo by M. Pitter
Various parts of our planet have been popularly dubbed beautiful, considered to be paradise, Shangri-La, the vestibules of nirvana. Narrowing our scope to the radiant oceanic scenes, we see that these places can often take mastery over a person’s pleasure principle or, at least, pull a person into a trance; and she sinks into a…
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The Web as Ideology by G. Sistare
Gabriel Sistare is a writer and thinker most comfortable steaming vegetables or sitting in the public library. He prefers to sit next to the oversized Phaidon Atlas of World Architecture and write about his philosophical opposition to the automobile. **** On August 26, 2010, the MetaFilter user, blue_beetle offered an argument aimed for the heart…
