Alex Lemon


Alex Lemon is an American poet and memoirist.
Lemon is the author of five books: The poetry collections Mosquito, Hallelujah Blackout, Fancy Beasts, and The Wish Book and Happy: A Memoir.
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. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas and teaches at Texas Christian University.
Lemon's works are in 544 libraries, according to WorldCat.