Alex Lemon

poet

Alex Lemon is the author of the poetry collections *Hallelujah Blackout* (Milkweed Editions), *Mosquito* (Tin House Books 2006), *At Last Unfolding Congo* (horse less press) and the memoir *Happy* (Scribner 2010). A play will be published by cinematheque press in 2010. His poems have appeared in numerous magazines, including *Esquire*, *Best American Poetry 2008*, *AGNI*, *BOMB*, *Gulf Coast*, *jubilat*, *Kenyon Review*, *New England Review*, *Open City*, *Pleiades* and *Tin House*. He was awarded a 2005 Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts and a 2006 Minnesota Arts Board Grant. He co-edits *LUNA: A Journal of Poetry and Translation* with Ray Gonzalez and is a frequent contributor to *The Bloomsbury Review*.