Category: criticism
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A Call to the Public
At about the midpoint between our very successful first issue and the highly anticipated October issue, we are looking to revamp the In Parentheses brand by opening a call to new contributors for the IP Blog. We see the blog as a very important connection to our public that runs alongside the print quarterly, and…
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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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From: “Fault Lines” – Submission by G Beck
Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director. His novel ‘Acts of Defiance’ is being published by Trestle Press and ‘Extreme Change’ is being published by Cogwheel Press. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. His poetry has appeared in hundreds of…
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Lit Club – Poem Submission by CS Fuqua
Chris S Fuqua’s published books include Big Daddy’s Gadgets (novel), Trust Walk(short-story collection), If I Were… (children’s poetry collection), The Swing: Poems of Fatherhood, Alabama Musicians: Musical Heritage from the Heart of Dixie, Divorced Dads, and Notes to My Becca, among others. My work has appeared in publications such as Main Street Rag, Dark Regions, Iodine, Christian Science Monitor, Bogg, Year’s Best Horror Stories XIX, XX and XXI, Slipstream, The Old Farmer’s Almanac, and The Writer.…
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Ill Doesn’t Mean Classic… by P Chatelain
Ill Doesn’t Mean Classic i think i have it, but having trouble reconciling with the fact that i live in a universe of crumbling masses.
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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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it’s raining on me, from above – Poem by P Chatelain
it’s raining on me, from above the clouds come out whenever doubt’s around to drown hopes.
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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?
