{"product_id":"9780810149649","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW It's Important I Remember : Poems by Cortney Lamar Charleston","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 15\/02\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn incantation of strength and solace for persisting in twenty-first-century America   \"History doesn't repeat, it rhymes.\" In his sweeping third collection, Charleston brings a poet's ear for echo and rhythm to bear on American history and life after 2016. For Charleston, these rhymes cut two ways: the long tradition of American racism and fascism, and the steady pulse of Black persistence. The collection's titular invocation frames each poem, at times an oratory to rally a crowd, in other moments a private prayer whispered as the speaker gathers himself to face another day. Charleston insists that should we cede memory of our national biography-whether to repression or indifference-we will witness the country's dissolution into something unrecognizable to most, yet all too familiar to its most marginalized people. But with each reiteration and riff, he also invokes a tenuous hope-that if we summon an American history of Black resistance, we might still make a more perfect union. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368202580341,"sku":"9780810149649","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780810149649.jpg?v=1763548858","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780810149649","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}