(Please Consider These) Alternate Names for the Moon (Paperback)

Kevin Chesser

ISBN 13: 9798996566921

Published by Pulley Press, 2026

About this Item

Paperback. In this version of rural American life, Kevin Chesser's poems wrangle with sobriety and take joy in old films. They seek alternative names for love and hope. Where else would you find pigs strutting in low-waisted jeans, dammed rivers shaping the setting for a late-night encounter, or a man called Smoke who dissolves as quickly as his namesake? In this second collection by Chesser, wildly slanted truths assemble into heartbreaking and funny poems, and the journey pops like a lucid dream that startles and awakens readers. His is a new and vivid American voice. In this second collection by Chesser, wildly slanted truths assemble into heartbreaking and funny poems, like a lucid dream that startles and awakens readers. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: (Please Consider These) Alternate Names for the Moon (Paperback)
• Publisher: Pulley Press
• Publication Date: 2026
• ISBN 13: 9798996566921
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In this version of rural American life, Kevin Chesser's poems wrangle with sobriety and take joy in old films. They seek alternative names for love and hope. Where else would you find pigs strutting in low-waisted jeans, dammed rivers shaping the setting for a late-night encounter, or a man called Smoke who dissolves as quickly as his namesake? In this second collection by Chesser, wildly slanted truths assemble into heartbreaking and funny poems, and the journey pops like a lucid dream that startles and awakens readers. His is a new and vivid American voice.

About the Author

Kevin Chesser lives in Thomas, West Virginia, in the heart of the Allegheny Mountains. Home to roughly 600 people, the town is known around the region for its vibrant local arts community. His poems can be found or are forthcoming in Passages North, Annulet, DIAGRAM, Spectra Poets, Only Poems, Empty House Press, elsewhere, Pithead Chapel, BRUISER, and others. His previous collection of poems, Relief of My Symptoms, was published in 2023 by Ghost Palace Press. He is also a musician, with an album, Wizard Clipp, released in 2021. He earned his MFA in creative writing from West Virginia Wesleyan College, and from 2017-2019 was a member of the Travelin' Appalachians Revue, an artist collective and mobile festival celebrating Appalachia's literary, punk, and experimental music scenes.