Cortney Lamar Charleston

It’s Important I Remember That Journalism Is the First Draft of History—

April 22, 2024 Audio, Issue 27, Issue 27 Poetry, Poetry

The Common Magazine · “It’s Important I Remember That Journalism Is The First Draft Of History”by Cortney Lamar Charleston

and Ida B. Wells, well, frustrated
the engenderment of the official record;

crisscrossed the country interviewing
poplars that had been accessories to atrocities,

February 2024 Poetry Feature

February 29, 2024 Poetry

New poems by our contributors CORTNEY LAMAR CHARLESTON, OLENA JENNINGS, MEGHAN MCCLURE, and JONATHAN FINK

Table of Contents:

Cortney Lamar Charleston, “It’s Important I Remember That Fascism Didn’t Come to America, It Was Already Here—”
Olena Jennings, “Jane Runs, Sirko Sleeps”
Meghan McClure, “Cut Through the Center”
Jonathan Fink, “Proxima Centauri”

Lesson for Cortney

April 30, 2017 Issue 13, Issue 13 Poetry, Poetry

By CORTNEY LAMAR CHARLESTON

after Lewis Holt

Those are traffic lights. They help stop people from
driving into each other. That’s a crescent moon and star
on top of that building. It means the people inside are part
of The Nation. That’s a gas station. That’s a McDonald’s.
That’s a Burger King. That’s a fried fish and chicken joint.