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Category: Domestic Affairs

  • “City of Angels” by B. Barton

    “City of Angels” by B. Barton

    Bethany Barton is an LA based author and relationship coach who enjoys writing about human emotion and connection. She recently finished her breakout book, Apologies I Never Got. To see more of her work, please visit www.bethanynicole.com // Art by Co-Founder Michael R. Pitter

  • “In Another Life” by S. Hozumi

    “In Another Life” by S. Hozumi

    Sarah Hozumi is a rewriter and Japanese-to-English translator who lives near Tokyo. She likes photography, drawing, baking and studying languages. She had a story published in OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters in December of 2020 as well. Please feel free to check out her blog and photos at sarahhozumi.com. Her dream is to continue…

  • On “Solar Geoengineering” by C. C. Zayasbazan

    On “Solar Geoengineering” by C. C. Zayasbazan

    Carmen C. Zayasbazan is a student at Western Washington University studying Environmental Policy. She grew up in the Chicago area and lived in San Antonio throughout her teenage years. She enjoys reading historical fiction, camping, writing and making art. She hopes to work in environmental law upon graduating from college.

  • Now Available: In Parentheses (Volume 6, Issue 2) + Contributor List

    Now Available: In Parentheses (Volume 6, Issue 2) + Contributor List

    Contributor list and discount code for the fall 2020 issue of In Parentheses Literary Magazine

  • COVER ART: In Parentheses Literary Magazine: Spring 2020 [CROWDS] (Volume 5 Issue 4)

    COVER ART: In Parentheses Literary Magazine: Spring 2020 [CROWDS] (Volume 5 Issue 4)

    The cover art for the Spring Issue of In Parentheses print release has been selected. The artwork is “Routine” by Kiwana S also known as @filthylogic on Instagram.  For the theme of the Spring issue and the last installment of Volume 5, we will be featuring CROWDS — something we may not see again socially for…

  • “Black Urban Myth” & “Hairitage” by Candice Ralph

    “Black Urban Myth” & “Hairitage” by Candice Ralph

    Candice Ralph is a young writer, teaching artist, and nanny. She’s influenced by her discussions with children and ecological experiences. Although American born, she intimately identifies with her Bermudian and West Indian origins. Candice holds an English BA from The University of Chicago and is pursuing a Creative Writing MFA. Black Urban Myth Our sisters’…

  • Now Available: In Parentheses Magazine (Summer 2016)

    Now Available: In Parentheses Magazine (Summer 2016)

    Hello friends! Hope everyone is having a lovely summer. In this issue of IP (Vol. 4 Issue 2) we feature the work of many great artists: Michael Pitter, Sam Weinstein, Annie Terrazzo, M. Fagan Kuhnmuench, Adelia Amineva, Louisa Mardirossian, Samuel Vargo, Alexa Wejko, Luanne Castle, Robert Beveridge, Gary Beck, Jessica Gawrych, Holly Day, Suman Jampala, Carmen…

  • Introducing the Black Gentrifier: An Emerging Social Anomaly by M. Pitter

    Introducing the Black Gentrifier: An Emerging Social Anomaly by M. Pitter

    Streaming in popular discourse has been the phenomenon of gentrification in which it appears mostly that young, open-minded, aesthetic-seeking white people move into low-income neighborhoods eventually causing the rent prices of these neighborhoods to rise and the blacks and Latinos who had lived in these hitherto-low-income neighborhoods can no longer afford to live there. Soon,…

  • Seeing all that was good in the land…by G. Mramor

    Seeing all that was good in the land…by G. Mramor

    Because I was there for the parting of the lakes and I saw the sun swallowed up by a whale and yet I stood transfixed as fires from sunset ran into houses dorming families thrown together in stitches from the war’s end and I watched muted as trees bludgeoned the ends of houses till they…

  • I who make with water…by G. Mramor

    With my hands I cut the valley and raise up the earth beyond the clouds. A whisper and the flues meet icy black at the falls. A shout and the land spreads. A cry and the ocean snaps wave rove upon wave. My heavy cough makes sharp the cliffs and the smoke from my lips…