Publications (selected)
Cortney Lamar Charleston's poems have been published in a number of periodicals and anthologies, both in print and online, including POETRY, The Nation, The Atlantic, The American Poetry Review and Granta. Selected poems can be read at the links below. His complete publication history (with additional links) is detailed here.
"A Brief History of Violence" | TriQuarterly
"Devotion ('I Am on the Battlefield for My Lord')" | POETRY
"...Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me and Has Failed" | Waxwing
“I’m Rooting for Everybody Black” | Academy of American Poets
“It’s Important I Remember That Nina Simone Wrote ‘Mississippi Goddam’ in Less Than One Hour—” | The Atlantic
“It’s Important I Remember That There’s a Difference Between a Human Being and a Person—” | The Nation
"Melanophobia: Fear of Black" | The Missouri Review
"Obama vs. McCain" | The American Poetry Review
"Sonic & Knuckles (1994)" | 32 Poems
“Turn the River” | Granta