Critics of Stevie Smith’s work often lean on the word “flat.” Usually, term is meant to evoke “simplicity” and lack ornamentation, her refusal lift into “poetic resonance,” or unreadable tone. This essay attends more closely flatness in work, exploring ways Smith finds fascinating proposing that language “flat,” all its senses, offers an illuminating way grappling with difficulty puzzling unset...

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