Southword is a literary journal featuring new writing from around the globe. This issue includes new short stories from Deborah Levy, Kit de Waal and others, essays by Yoko Tawada and Simon Van Booy, a major interview with poet Matthew Sweeney and new poems by thirty poets. Essays Simon Van Booy Yoko Tawada Interview Matthew Sweeney Fiction Deborah Levy Rachel Trezise Louise Nealon Rose Keating Valerie Lute Kit de Waal Danny Denton Poems Penelope Shuttle Matthew Sweeney Tomás De Faoite Julie Irigaray Norman Minnick Dean Browne Mercedes Lawry Breda Spaight P.C. Vandall Maria Isakova Bennett Astrid Alben Lily Cook James Owens James O’Sullivan Elizabeth Murawski Greg Rappleye Colette Colfer Jared Pearce Vincent Francone Scott Elder Michael Brown Emily Ellison Mike Head Kelsey Dean Jonathan Edwards George Angel AR Dugan Travis Stephens Annette Skade Carolyn Oliver