Category: editorial
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“Fix your head in My Crown” – Jay-Z releases Magna Carta Holy Grail
Last night the Internet hiccupped as Jay-Z had his coronation at midnight by way of his Magna Carta Holy Grail. HOV’s new album, named after the charter that limited the powers of the monarch in 13th Century England, is also arguably one of the most heavily promoted albums of the 21st Century. The hip-hop world…
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On Securing Your Own Mask Before Assisting Others Or: Physician, Heal Thyself by A. White-Stern
Ashley Paige White-Stern considers herself an ethnographer and writes about her journey from food to medicine at “The Spoon and the Sword.” As a future physician with academic mind, she plans to integrate several fields, including ecology and population health. Follow her on Twitter at @MsAPWS.” *** “You’re premed,” she said, surprised. “I never would…
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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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8 Ways to Occupy Your Eyes on the Subway by M.Pitter
Regardless of the city in which you find yourself, whether or not you keep your ears plugged and dressed with music, this list may be applied to most (if not, all) of the subterranean mass transit systems of this planet. On the train, you can: 1. Look directly at other passengers: When boarding the train,…
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Mean Free Path by M. Pitter
Usually, there will be a tomorrow tomorrow as there was a yesterday yesterday. Each day expanding and contracting, sun to moon, moon to sun, in harmonic regularity. We like to freeze phases to call one ‘now’, to call another one ‘next Thursday night at 8PM’ and another one ‘last Saturday afternoon’. Meanwhile we propagate like…
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They are coming…by G. Mramor
The tranquil flow of the village is no more.
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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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Cosmic Samba: Styles of Life Unified by M. Pitter
The people of this world– living in different societies abroad, societies built on continents each continent shaped its own way, near seas and containing rivers filled with trees and bush indigenous only to that very place — seem foreign to each other. Coming into contact with foreign peoples could be an experience that renders any…
