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Category: Music

  • 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…

  • New Modernist Manifesto – A Theory by Phillipe Chatelain

    The New Modernist Manifesto discusses the creation of a literary magazine that aims to bring a focus to the works of new-generation artists who, while incorporating traditional Modern and post-Modern themes, employ innovative styles driven by mass media and technology. The authors, as they grapple with the evolution of art amidst changing methodologies such as…

  • Submissions for e-Issue #1

    Hello Parenthians! (Let me know if you like that word in the comments). We are currently accepting submissions for the July 1 issue of In Parentheses Literary Magazine! The reading period is OPEN until June 30, 2012. Spread the word! We’re interested in reading all you have to offer, according to the following guidelines: Poetry…

  • In Parentheses – Dynamic Boredom

    http://vimeo.com/33951255 Filmed in late 2011, catch a glimpse of the band In Parentheses (made up of your very own Michael and Phillipe, contributors to IP Mag) in the single off their Christopher Martin Affair tape. Check out more of their music at inparentheses.bandcamp.com

  • Tupac Shakur and Modernism

    Phillipe Chatelain’s article looks into the relationship between Tupac Shakur’s artistic expression and literary figures Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes. Shakur’s rap lyrics and poems conveyed his struggling experiences as a black man and gangster in America. These works align with Hughes’ call to black writers to spark social change, in keeping with Whitman’s premise…