Poets have a way of incorporating other poets into their work. Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and ...

Hinting at or making an indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event or idea. A lot of the time, allusions refer to another piece of writing. “When it came to spending money, he was a total ...

I first met the poet Rachel Wetzsteon at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference in 1994. She seemed lively, chatty, and yet, by the second day of the conference, already somewhat isolated, sitting in a ...

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