Alex Lemon is the author of Happy: A Memoir (Scribner, 2009) and three collections of poetry: Mosquito (Tin House, 2006), Hallelujah Blackout (Milkweed Editions, 2008), and Fancy Beasts (Milkweed Editions, 2010). A fourth collection is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas, and teaches at Texas Christian University.