Alex Lemon (born in 1978) is an American poet and memoirist.
Lemon is the author of five books:[1] The poetry collections Mosquito (Tin House Books 2006),[2] Hallelujah Blackout (Milkweed Editions 2008),[3] Fancy Beasts (Milkweed Editions 2010), and The Wish Book (Milkweed Editions 2014) and Happy: A Memoir (Scribner 2010).
Lemon is an editor-at-large for Saturnalia Books; poetry editor of descant, TCU's literary journal, sits on the editorial board of TCU Press and The Southern Review's advisory board.
His awards and honors include a 2005 Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, a 2006 Minnesota Arts Board Grant, and inclusion in the Best American Poetry 2008 anthology.
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