Ποιειν Και Πραττειν - create and do

CAPITALS is a poetry anthology on the capital cities of the world edited by Abhay K and published by Bloomsbury in 2016. Available here. It will be launched in NY at Poets House on 5th Jan 2017.
 

 "As the world shrinks and border fences go up, and travel becomes both easier and more difficult, Capitals looks like the book to have. Frequent flyers can here rest awhile as can nimble-footed backpackers, and for those who are still curious to see what the poets in Moroni or Tegucigalpa are doing, I cannot think of a better place to begin." —Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

 "In striking voices of every hue and shade, from some of the greatest  cities of our globe, Capitals marries word and verse to elegance and fire, transporting history's ghosts and tomorrow's hopes in an inspiring journey of the soul."  —Shashi Tharoor

"A blazing new international anthology." —Sudeep Sen

"...disturbing and poignant....what an anthology!"—Shobhaa De

 "This anthology is a powerful evocation of cities, communities and urban spaces across cultures and continents, histories and timelines" —Namita Gokhale

Contributors 

Abdul Aziz Almaqaleh
Abdoul Mtoka
Abhay K.
Abhilash Surendran
Ágnes Lehóczky
Ahsan Akbar
Aimé Eyengue
Alex Bramwell
Alfred Corn
Ali Jallawi
Allan Mills
Alvin Pang
Amparo Osorio
Anatoly Kudryavitsky 
Annette Hagemann
Anni Sumari
Annie Finch
Arthur Sze
Asa Boxer
Ashjan Hendi
Astrid Alben
Bao Chan Nguyen
Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva
Brigitte Fuchs
Bryan Thao Worra
Carlos D. Mesa Gilbert
Cathal O' Searcaigh
Charlotte Hill O' Neal
Chath Piersath
Chirikure Chirikure
Christopher Merrill
Claire Askew
Claudia Patricia Sanchez
Claus Ankersen
Clive Wilmer, 
Colin Channer
Conceição Lima
Derek Walcott
Dhabiya Khamis
Edwin Madrid
Ernesto Cardenal
Eugenijus Ališanka
Frank M. Chipasula
Francoise Roy
Gabeba Baderoon
Gabriel Rosenstock
G. Mend-Ooyo 
Gerard Noiret
Germain Droogenbroodt
George Szirtes
Gwen Burnyeat
Grandmaster Masese
Hamid Ismailov
Hasso Krull
Hatto Fischer
Ilona Yusuf
Immanuel Mifsud
Imruh Bakari
Inara Cedrins
Indah Widiastuti
Indran Amirthanayagam
Irina Grivnina
Jael Uribe
Jan Napier
Jean Portante
Jekwu Ozoemene
Jelena Lengold
Jennifer Compton
Jumoke Verissimo
Katerina Iliopoulou 
Khalidjah Queen
Ko Ko Thett
Kwame Dawes
Ladan Osman
Les Wicks
Linda M. Deane
Luis Bravo
Lola Koundakjian 
Luca Benassi
Lucija Stupica
Luis Chaves
Mahmoud Darwish
Marcela Sulak
Marcelo Ensema Nsang
Mariama Khan
Mark McWatt
Mark Strand
Marra PL. Lanot
Mathura (aka Margus Lattik)
Matthew Shenoda
Meg Pierce
Mehvash Amin
Michael Glover
Michelle Cahill
Milan Dobricic
Mildred Barya
Mimi Khalvati
Moniza Alvi
Montserrat Villar Gonzalez
Morelle Smith
Müesser Yeniay
Navid Haider
Ngwatilo Mawiyoo
Nora Nadjarian
Omar Sabbagh
Pascale Petit
Pat Boran
Pedro Perez-Sarduy
Philip Nikolayev
Philip Nanton
Priya Sarukkai Chabria
P.S. Cottier
Reesom Haile
Reza Mohammadi
Russel Soaba
Ruth Padel
Salah Al Hamdani
Scott Alain
Sharanya Manivannan
Sitawa Namwalie
Steven J. Fowler
Sudeep Sen
Sudesh Mishra
Tabish Khair
Tanja Bakić
Tim Cummings
Todd Swift
Tomica Bajsic
Tony Tcheka
Valzhyna Mort
Veronica Zondek
Victoria Guerrero Peirano
Vijay Seshadri
Viola Allo
Vladimir Djurisic
Vladimir Lucien
Willem Roggeman
Xavier Frias Conde
Yesim Agaoglu
Yusuf Adamu
Zaharaddeen Ibrahim Kallah
Zoe Brigley  
 AFRICA

1.      Abuja -Jumoke Verissimo
2.      Accra- Kwame Dawes
3.      Addis Ababa-Liyou Libsekal
4.      Algiers- Christopher Merrill
5.      Antananarivo- Elizabeth Orlando
6.      Asmara- Ressom Haile
7.      Bamako- Karla Brundage
8.      Bangui-Grandmaster Masese
9.      Banjul - Mariama Khan
10.  Bissau- Tony Tcheka
11.  Brazzaville- Aime Eyengue
12.  Bujumbura -Abdoul Mtoka
13.  Cairo- Matthew Shenoda + Inara Cedrins
14.  Conakry - Gerard Noiret
15.  Dakar- Mildred Barya
16.  Djibouti- Abhay K.
17.  Dar es Salaam - Charlotte Hill O'Neal
18.  Freetown- Steven J. Fowler
19.  Gaborone- Abhay K.
20.  Harare - Chirikure Chirikure
21.  Juba - Abhay K.
22.  Kampala- Mildred Barya + Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva
23.  Khartoum -Tim Cummings
24.  Kigali- Sitawa Namwalie
25.  Kinshasa- Annie Finch
26.  Libreville- Abhay K.
27.  Lilongwe - Frank M. Chipasula
28.  Lome- Meg Pierce
29.  Luanda- Abhay K.
30.  Lusaka- Jekwu Ozoemene
31.  Malabo- Marcelo Ensema Nsang
32.  Maputo- Abhay K.
33.  Maseru- Rethabile Masilo
34.  Mbabane/Lobamba- Abhay K.
35.  Mogadishu- Ladan Osman
36.  Monrovia- James Varney Dwalu
37.  Moroni- Abhay K.
38.  N’Djamena-Zaharaddeen Ibrahim Kallah
39.  Nairobi - Ngwatilo Mawiyoo
40.  Niamey-Yusuf Adamu
41.  Nouakchott- Abhay K
42.  Ouagadougou- Andy Knowlton 
43.  Port Louis- Saradha Soobrayen
44.  Porto-Novo/Cotonou- Abhay K.
45.  Praia- Abhay K
46.  Cape Town- Gabeba Baderoon
47.  Rabat- Abhay K.
48.  São Tomé- Conceição Lima
49.  Tripoli - Sabrina Masud
50.  Tunis- Abhay K.
51.  Victoria- Abhay K.
52.  Windhoek-Abhay K.
53.  Yamoussoukro- Karla Brundage
54.  Yaounde- Viola Allo

 AMERICAS

55.  Asunción- Gwen Burnyeat
56.  Basseterre- Imruh Bakari
57.  Belmopan-Abhay K.
58.  Bogotá- Amparo Osorio
59.  Brasilia- Marcos Freitas+Abhay K
60.  Bridgetown- Linda M. Deane
61.  Buenos Aires- Clive Wilmer+Abhay K
62.  Caracas- Marcela Sulak
63.  Castries - Derek Walcott+Vladimir Lucien
64.  Georgetown- Mark McWatt
65.  Guatemala City- Alan Mills
66.  Havana -Pedro Perez-Sarduy
67.  Kingston - Derek Walcott+Colin Channer+ Kwame Dawes
68.  Kingstown- Philip Nanton
      La Paz- Carlos D. Mesa Gilbert
69. Lima -Victoria Guerrero Peirano+ Abhay K
70.  Managua-Ernesto Cardenal
71.  Mexico City - Zoe Brigley
72.  Montevideo- Luis Bravo
73.  Nassau- Lelawatee Manoo-Rahming
74.  New York- Annette Hagemann+ Alfred Corn
75.  Ottawa- Scott Alain+ Fracoise Roy
76.  Panama City- Lucy Christina Chau
77.  Paramaribo- Abhay K
78.  Port of Spain- Derek Walcott+ Lauren K Alleyene
79.  Port-au-Prince - Denize Lauture
80.  Quito- Edwin Madrid
81.  Roseau- Delroy Nesta Williams
82.  San José -Luis Chaves
83.  San Salvador- Abhay K.
84.  Santiago-Veronica Zondek
85.  Santo Domingo- Jael Uribe
86.  Sucre- Alex Bramwell
87.  Tegucigalpa- Claudia Patricia Sanchez
88.  Washington DC- Kim Roberts+Myra Skalrew

ASIA-PACIFIC

89.  Abu Dhabi-Navid Haider
90.  Amman- Karl Schembri
91.  Ankara -Müesser Yeniay
92.  Ashgabat- A.K. Welsapar
93.  Astana-Temirkhan Medetbek
94.  Baghdad- Dunya Mikhail+ Salah Al Hamdani
95.  Baku- Yeşim Ağaoğlu
96.  Bandar Seri Begawan- Abhay K.
97.  Bangkok- Abhay K
98.  Beijing- Arthur Sze +Inara Cedrins
99.  Beirut- Omar Sabbagah
100.  Bishkek-Anatoly Kudryavitsky
101.                      Canberra- P.S. Cottier+Michelle Cahill
102.                      Colombo-Indran Amirthanayagam
103.                      Damascus- Ruth Padel
104.                      Dhaka -Ahsan Akbar
105.                      Dili- Abhay K
106.                      Doha -  Dhabiya Khamis
107.                      Dushanbe- Ruslan Galimov
108.                      Hanoi -Bao Chan Nguyen
109.                      Islamabad- Ilona Yusuf+Mehvash Amin
110.                      Jakarta - Indah Widiastuti
111.                      Jerusalem -Asa Boxer+ Mahmoud Darwish
112.                      Kabul - Reza Mohhamadi
113.                      Kathmandu-Cathal O' Sercaigh+Abhay K
114.                      Kuala Lampur- Sharanya Manivannan
115.                      Kuwait City- Shurooq Amin
116.                      Male- Ibrahim Waheed
117.                      Manama- Ali Jallawi
118.                      Manila-Mara PL. Lanot
119.                      Muscat- Abhay K
120.                      Naypyidaw- Ko Ko Thett
121.                      New Delhi- Abhay K
122.                      Phnom Penh- Chath Piersath
123.                      Port Morseby - Russell Soaba
124.                      Port Vila- Abhilash Surendran
125.                      Pyongyang- Alex Bramwell
126.                      Riyadh - Ashjan Hendi
127.                      Sana’a- Abdul Aziz Almaqaleh
128.                      Seoul- Kim Gyeongmee
129.                      Singapore- Alvin Pang
130.                      Suva- Sudesh Mishra
131.                      Tashkent- Hamid Ismailov
132.                      Tbilisi- Sabrina Masud
133.                      Tehran- Mimi Khalvati
134.                      Thimphu-Abhay K
135.                      Tokyo - Jan Napier
136.                      Ulaanbaatar - G.Mend-Ooyo
137.                      Vientiane- Bryan Thao Worra
138.                      Wellington- Jennifer Compton
139.                      Yerevan- Lola Kondakjian

EUROPE
140.                      Amsterdam- Joris Lenstra
141.                      Andorra la Vella-Ester Fenoll Garcia
142.                      Athens Claire Askew +Katerina Iliopoulou
143.                      Belgrade- Milan Dobricic+Jelena Lengold
144.                      Berlin- Hatto Fischer
145.                      Bern- Brigitte Fuchs
146.                      Bratislava- Mary Jo Salter
147.                      Brussels - Willem Roggeman
148.                      Bucharest-Astrid Alben
149.                      Budapest- George Szirtes+Ágnes Lehóczky
150.                      Chişinău- Marina Khlebnikova +Philip Nikolayev
151.                      Copenhagen- Tabish Khair+ Philip McDonagh
152.                      Dublin- Gabriel Rosenstock+Pat Boran
153.                      Helsinki- Anni Sumari
154.                      Kiev - Anatoly Kudryavitsky
155.                      Lisbon - Xavier Frias Conde
156.                      Ljubljana- Lucija Stupica
157.                      London- Les Wicks+Moniza Alvi+Todd Swift
158.                      Luxembourg- Jean Portante
159.                      Madrid - Germain Droogenbroodt
160.                      Minsk- Volzhyna Mort
161.                      Monaco- Abhilash Surendran
162.                      Moscow- Phillip Nikolayev
163.                      Nicosia - Nora Nadjarian
164.                      Oslo- Mark Strand
165.                      Paris- Michael Glover+ Vijay Seshadri+Pascale Petit
166.                      Podgorica- Tanja Bakić
167.                      Prague- Adam Borzic+Khadijah Queen
168.                      Reykjavik- Claus Ankersen
169.                      Riga- Irina Grivnina
170.                      Rome - Luca Benassi
171.                      San Marino- Abhay K.
172.                      Sarajevo - Sudeep Sen+Anatoly Kudryavistky
173.                      Skopje- Magdalena Horvat
174.                      Sofia- Kapka Kassabova
175.                      Stockholm -Mathura (aka Margus Lattik)
176.                      Tallinn- Hasso Krull
177.                      Tirana - Morelle Smith
178.                      Vaduz- Mathias Ospelt
179.                      Valletta- Immanuel Mifsud
180.                      Vatican City- Pat Boran
181.                      Vienna - Priya Sarukkai Chabria
182.                      Vilnius- Eugenijus Ališanka
183.                      Warsaw -Montserrat Villar Gonzalez
184.                      Zagreb- Tomica Bajsic