JACKIE KAY is one of Britain's leading poets and Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University. She is one of Britain's best-known poets, appearing frequently on radio and TV programmes on poetry and culture. Her poetry books have all sold thousands of copies, while her fiction (from Picador) has been massively popular. Her other Bloodaxe titles include The Adoption Papers (1991), Darling: New & Selected Poems (2007) and The Lamplighter (2008). JAMES PROCTER is Reader in Modern English and Postcolonial Literature at Newcastle University. GEMMA ROBINSON is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Stirling. She is the editor of Martin Carter's University of Hunger: Collected Poems & Selected Prose (Bloodaxe Books, 2006).

'This book really redraws the map of Britain: away with taxonomies of hurt - welcome cartographies of worth' - Fred D'Aguiar

• SCOTLANDRaman Mundair 28 Shetland MuseRaman Mundair 28 Stories fae da ShoormalRaman Mundair 31 Sheep Hill, Fair IsleMaya Chowdhry 31 Hurry CurrySudesh Mishra 33 Suva; SkyeRizwan Akhtar 33 Aberdonian winterJackie Kay 34 GraniteKukomo Rocks 35 Shopping Trip Tesco in FifeRoger Robinson 37 SleepRoger Robinson 38 ConversionMaud Sulter 39 Scots TriptychJohn Agard 42 The Ascent of John EdmonstoneSudeep Sen 43 Over May DayIrfan Merchant 44 The World Is More Real Than It IsImtiaz Dharker 45 Campsie FellsTariq Latif 46 Western FerryLeila Aboulela 47 When I First Came to Scotland…Maya Chowdhry 48 Four CornersImtiaz Dharker 49 Being good in GlasgowImtiaz Dharker 50 from Lascar Johnnie 1930: LascarJackie Kay 51 George SquareSuhayl Saadi 51 from paradise gardens carpetIrfan Merchant 55 Address Tae Chicken Tikka MasalaGerry Singh 57 India GateGerry Singh 58 Ladhar BheinnVahni Capildeo 59 ShellTariq Latif 60 After Lights over GirvanBashabi Fraser 61 Do’ careBashabi Fraser 62 Tartan & TurbanGeorge Murevesi 62 PleasGrace Nichols 63 Queen of Sheba replies to Kathleen JamieShampa Ray 66 My IndiaTawona Sithole 67 climbing hillsMaud Sulter 70 FlightJackie Kay 71 In my countryIrfan Merchant 71 The Indian Upon ScotlandImtiaz Dharker 72 How to Cut a PomegranateNORTHFred D’Aguiar 74 from Sonnets from Whitley BaySheree Mack 76 Bonny Baby ContestKayo Chingonyi 77 Baltic MillGrace Nichols 78 Angel of the NorthCheryl Martin 78 Driving Back From DurhamKayo Chingonyi 80 DenouementJack Mapanje 81 The Seashells Of Bridlington North BeachGrace Nichols 82 Outward from HullLorna Goodison 83 At the Keswick MuseumLorna Goodison 84 To Mr William Wordsworth, Distributor of Stamps for WestmorelandJackie Kay 86 Windows, LakesE.A. Markham 87 EpilogueAnthony Kellman 88 Roofs of YorkshireSeni Seneviratne 89 Frame YourselfSeni Seneviratne 89 Yorkshire ChildhoodAnita Sivakumaran 90 Ice and Ice AgeR. Parthasarathy 91 A Northern City Jack Mapanje 92 After Celebrating Our Asylum Stories At West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsKhadijah Ibrahiim 93 from A Snapshot History of Leeds:Michelle Scally-Clarke 97 Granny Betty Scally BatesSeni Seneviratne 98 A Wider ViewVahni Capildeo 99 from Winter: II. Harewood EstateDreadlockalien 99 Fires burn in Bradford, Rockstone fling innah OldhamLinton Kwesi Johnson 100 It Dread Inna InglanTariq Mehmood 102 Mined MemoriesTajinder Singh Hayer 103 Holy ManTajinder Singh Hayer 104 A Seasonal PictureMerle Collins 105 Visiting Yorkshire – AgainDaljit Nagra 107 Raju t’Wonder Dog!Merle Collins 108 For the Lumb Bank Group, December 1991Merle Collins 109 The Lumb Bank ChildrenJohn Lyons 110 Weather VaneJohn Agard 111 Caribbean Eye Over YorkshireDaljit Nagra 112 Parade’s EndDaljit Nagra 113 Darling & MeMarie Guise Williams 114 My Mother’s Porch #1: First Love at 15E.A. Markham 115 A Politically-Correct MarriageE.A. Markham 116 To My Mother, the Art CriticDebjani Chatterjee 117 Reason for ComingJohn Lyons 118 Drinking up the DrizzleJackie Kay 118 85th Birthday Poem for DadDorothea Smartt 119 Bringing It All Back HomeDorothea Smartt 120 A Few Words for SambooDorothea Smartt 121 Today on Sunderland PointSuAndi 121 Sambo’s GraveBernardine Evaristo 121 from Soul Tourists Nabila Jameel 124 The Island in PrestonNabila Jameel 124 A Book Closer to HomeLemn Sissay 125 This TrainSuAndi 125 Bolton SafariJohn Siddique 126 A Map of RochdaleJohn Siddique 127 Industrial LandscapeJeff Caffrey 127 A Brief History of Manny (2006)Romesh Gunesekera 128 Turning PointLemn Sissay 130 FlagsLemn Sissay 131 Mill Town and AfricaRaman Mundair 131 Name JourneysSegun Lee-French 132 So many undoneSegun Lee-French 133 RainKei Miller 134 The only thing far awayShamshad Khan 135 potCheryl Martin 137 The Coffee BearerPete Kalu 138 ManchesterPete Kalu 138 The Poet’s SongMaya Chowdhry 139 My EyesD.S. Marriott 140 The Day Ena DiedTariq Latif 141 MoonMenJohn Siddique 142 JaliBenjamin Zephaniah 143 Master MasterMoniza Alvi 144 Arrival 1946Bernardine Evaristo 145 from Lara: 1949: TaiwoJack Mapanje 147 The First Train to Liverpool (Enfield: Liverpool 1, Stoke 0, 1972)Levi Tafari 148 Toxteth Where I ResideImtiaz Dharker 149 Speech balloonImtiaz Dharker 151 Mersey CrossingWALESPatience Agbabi 154 North(West)ernPatience Agbabi 154 Postmod:Eric Ngalle Charles 155 A Mountain and a SeaTariq Latif 156 TreforJohn Siddique 157 One New Year’s EveAimé Kongolo 158 Non-toxic trustMaggie Harris 158 Cwmpengraig, place of stonesMaggie Harris 159 Llamas, CwmpengraigTinashe Mushakavanhu 160 The Green Man FestivalMoniza Alvi 161 Spring on the HillsideGrace Nichols 161 Opening Your BookMoniza Alvi 162 LuckbirLeon Charles 163 ‘Tiger Bay’ Heart of WalesMarsden Falcon 164 ‘It’s a big ask…’Tishani Doshi 165 Memory of WalesMaggie Harris 166 Montbretia, WalesSadi Husain 167 Not in IndiaRaman Mundair 168 Welsh PostcardLabi Siffre 169 from An Alien in Cymru:Derek Walcott 171 from Midsummer: XXXVMIDLANDSKimberly Trusty 174 New Vic Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, ring bell for serviceRomesh Gunesekera 175 FrontlinersD.S. Marriott 176 The Ghost of AveragesPanya Banjoko 177 ArrivingMichelle Hubbard 178 Take the girl out of Notts, but you can’t take Notts out of the girl!Sandeep Parmar 179 Archive for a DaughterRommi Smith 182 Night RiverHazel Malcolm 182 Blues in the Black CountryMartin Glynn 183 Highfields StyleCarol Leeming 185 Highfields FantasiaCarol Leeming 186 Valley DreamersRoshan Doug 187 Flash of IndependenceRoshan Doug 188 Sound BitesSue Brown 189 BirminghamMoqapi Selassie 190 Tellin de storiRoi Kwabena 192 From Location:ReRoy McFarlane 193 I found my father’s love lettersBenjamin Zephaniah 194 The Big BangBenjamin Zephaniah 196 Knowing MeKimberly Trusty 198 Alcester Road, Moseley, 50 BusRoshan Doug 199 Slow MotionDerek Walcott 200 from Tiepolo’s HoundDerek Walcott 202 from Midsummer: XXIII, XXXVI, LMahendra Solanki 204 In a JarDavid Dabydeen 205 Coolie OdysseyJean ‘Binta’ Breeze 209 Mi DuckBenjamin Zephaniah 210 I Have a SchemeSOUTHMoniza Alvi 214 Rural SceneJudith Lal 214 KestrelJudith Lal 215 Swallowtail DayVahni Capildeo 216 MonolithicityDebjani Chatterjee 217 Visiting E.M. ForsterHannah Lowe 218 SausagesMoniza Alvi 219 Go Back to EnglandPatience Agbabi 222 Weights and Measures and Finding a Rhyme for OrangeChristian Campbell 223 Ballad of OxfraudVahni Capildeo 226 Night in the GardensVahni Capildeo 227 La PoetessaSaradha Soobrayen 228 On the water meadowsShanta Acharya 228 The Vulnerable Plot of GreenShanta Acharya 229 Aspects of Westonbirt ArboretumFred D’Aguiar 230 At the Grave of the Unknown AfricanKwame Dawes 232 BristolRalph Hoyte 234 Chew StokeDerek Walcott 234 from Midsummer: XXXIXClaude McKay 235 LondonUna Marson 236 from Spring in EnglandGeorge Lamming 236 SwansWole Soyinka 238 Telephone ConversationKamau Brathwaite 239 from The EmigrantsMerle Collins 243 Soon ComeRoger Robinson 245 ParallelFred D’Aguiar 246 HomeFred D’Aguiar 247 Domestic FlightGabriela Pearse 248 Grenada… Heathrow… LondonRajat Kumar Biswas 249 CambridgeZhana 250 Apartheid Britain 1985 (Or Kenwood Ladies Pond)Ashna Sarkar 251 99 Flakes and The End of SomethingGopi Warrier 252 Cricket at LordsDaljit Nagra 253 Our Town with the Whole of IndiaDaljit Nagra 254 UniversityE.A. Markham 255 Ladbroke Grove, ’58Andrew Salkey 256 Notting Hill Carnival, 1975Benjamin Zephaniah 257 Call It What You Like!Creswell Durrant 259 ColoursNii Ayikwei Parkes 259 A Familiar Voice at the V&A MuseumNii Ayikwei Parkes 261 Common/wealthJohn Figueroa 261 Hartlands/Heartlands John Lyons 264 Home is Weyever Yuh IsJoy Russell 265 On the TubeLouise Bennett 268 De Victory ParadeJames Berry 270 Beginning in a City, 1948James Berry 272 Wanting to Hear Big BenJames Berry 273 Roomseeker in LondonJames Berry 273 Migrant in LondonKwame Dawes 274 Umpire at the Portrait GalleryKwame Dawes 276 BirthrightMoniza Alvi 278 The Double CityAnthony Joseph 279 Who passed on Haymarket, winter night?Anthony Joseph 280 Blues for Brother CurtisClaude McKay 281 La Paloma in LondonKayo Chingonyi 282 Andrew’s CornerKayo Chingonyi 283 Berwick StreetLorna Goodison 284 Bam Chi Chi La La: London, 1969Mahmood Jamal 284 from Two WomenJay Bernard 285 F12Pete Kalu 286 Old RadicalsSiddhartha Bose 287 Sex and the CitySiddhartha Bose 288 Swansong, Mile EndLizzy Dijeh 288 Stratford CityShamshad Khan 290 IsoscelesNick Makoha 291 Promise To My Unborn SonFred D’Aguiar 292 I Buried My Father a Complete StrangerE.A. Markham 292 At the Redland Hotel, Stamford HillJohn Agard 294 Toussaint L’Ouverture Acknowledges Wordsworth’s Sonnet to Toussaint L’OuverturePatience Agbabi 295 The London EyeMalika Booker 295 Hungerford BridgeMahmood Jamal 296 Apples and MangoesJohn Agard 297 Listen Mr Oxford donRoger Robinson 299 The Wedding PictureMarsha Prescod 300 Community PolicingDesmond Johnson 301 Mass JobeDesmond Johnson 304 Ole Charlie BoyLinton Kwesi Johnson 307 Five Nights of BleedingLinton Kwesi Johnson 309 Di Great InsohrekshanJean ‘Binta’ Breeze 311 The Wife of Bath speaks in Brixton MarketJacob Sam-La Rose 314 After Lazerdrome: McDonalds, Peckham Rye…Inua Ellams 315 GuerillaGardenWritingPoemAmryl Johnson 316 Circle of ThornsKimberly Trusty 317 Fireworks, New Cross Road, 1981John Agard 320 The EmbodimentMaggie Harris 321 Timeline WhitstableDaljit Nagra 322 Look We Have Coming to Dover!Grace Nichols 323 Seven SistersGrace Nichols 324 Hurricane Hits EnglandGrace Nichols 325 Long ManLouisa Adjoa Parker 327 Forest-child