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 ...

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 ...

For the first half of my music career, I never fully considered the technical aspects of the art form I practised. Up until my mid-30s, I’d been driven to pen lyrics by a compelling sense of ...