This second double-issue of "Shearsman" magazine for 2009 includes work by Isobel Armstrong, Linda Black, Chris Brownsword, Anamaria Crowe Serrano, Mark Dickinson, Ray DiPalma, Sally Flint, Damian Furniss, Mark Goodwin, David H W Grubb, Lucy Hamilton, Lee Harwood, Sarah Hopkins, Kenny Knight, Mary Leader, Richard Makin, Deborah Meadows, Christopher Middleton, Elizabeth Treadwell, George Ttoouli and JL Williams; and translations: of Elsa Cross by Michael Smith & Luis Ingelmo, of Gunter Eich by Siriol Troup, of Niels Hav by P. K. Brask & Patrick Friesen, and of Elsa Morante by Cristina Viti.