Artifice by Lavinia Singer poetryanthologies His early books span a

His early books span a transition from a preoccupation with land and myth to his later engagement with urban Britain and the politics of radical disaffection

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Artifice by Lavinia Singer poetryanthologies His early books span aArtifice, the debut collection by Lavinia Singer, is an exploration of the art of making. Its poems celebrate the artistry of craftsmanship: how works relate to beauty, and how they might inspire or ensnare. They consider issues of artificiality and authenticity, the man made and the natural. They warn of artfulness, in the sense of cunning or deception. And they wonder at the mystery of art and language, that which resolutely remains unknown or