Alex Lemon is the author of
Mosquito (Tin House Books),
Hallelujah Blackout (Milkweed Editions),
Fancy Beasts (Milkweed Editions) and
Happy: A Memoir (Scribner). His writing has appeared in
Esquire,
Best American Poetry 2008,
Satellite Convulsions,
Tin House,
AGNI,
The Southern Review and
jubilat, among others. Among his awards are a 2005 Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts and a 2006 Minnesota Arts Board Grant. He lives in Ft. Worth, Texas and
www.alexlemon.com and teaches at Texas Christian University.