But & Though by Jake Hawkey Heather Phillipson where matter is corrupted and

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But & Though by Jake Hawkey Heather Phillipson where matter is corrupted andIn But & Though, Jake Hawkey scrutinizes the impact of parental addiction on families, its title a nod to the language of dependency, its circles of prevarication and excuse. Hawkey's poems chart the loss of a father and the resilient love between siblings, and take an unflinching look at a parent child relationship sometimes painfully inverted through alcoholism. Hawkey's fresh perspective and playful style introduces a vital, authentic new voice in