Faculty
Alex Lemon
Visiting Instructor
M.F.A, University of Minnesota
B.A., Macalester College
Old Main 214, (651) 696-6503
Email: lemon-at-macalester.edu
Alex Lemon's first collection of poems is Mosquito (Tin House Books). At Last Unfolding Congo, a chapbook, is forthcoming from Burning Chair Books. He also has a memoir forthcoming from Scribner. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals including Tin House, Denver Quarterly, AGNI, Pleiades, Post Road, and among many others magazines. His translations (with Wang Ping) of a number of contemporary Chinese poets are forthcoming in Tin House, New American Writing and other journals. He is the co-editor of LUNA: A Journal of Poetry and Translation.
Areas of Study
- Poetry, especially Contemporary (American and Translated)
- Creative Writing
- Contemporary Fiction and Non-Fiction
- Modern American Literature
- Literature of Trauma and Healing
- The Post Modern Memoir
Visiting instructor Lemon is on leave for the Fall 2006 semester.
Spring 2007 Courses
Past Courses
Awards and Honors
- NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry
- Minnesota State Arts Board Grant
- SASE/Jerome Grant
- Academy of American Poets James Wright Prize
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