Alex Lemon's Reviews
Reviews of Alex’s Work
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Apr.01.2008
Published by Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. You/ should have seen the sweat of still-being-alive, writes Lemon in his sprawling, varied, and ambitious second collection. Thoughts of joy and pain, eros and...
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Published by InDigest
Wild syntax flips the power structure of the universe on its ass so many times it is hard to tell who controls what and when and how often
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Published by Ploughshares
Mosquito, poems by Alex Lemon (Tin House): The poems in Alex Lemon’s striking first book document the experience of undergoing brain surgery, an agonizing recovery, and the sudden...
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Jun.26.2006
Published by Publishers Weekly
In this edgy, energetic, even frenetic debut from a rising star of the Midwest, Lemon's jagged, commanding voice both charms and shocks: “Voice, be amazing/ circling the river...
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Aug.31.2007
Published by CutBank Reviews
"Lemon’s passion and vulnerability will strip bare your conscience. There will be only scars remaining where doubt used to be—in places you never thought there would exist an...
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Published by Pebble Lake Review
"With its popping language, lucid narrative and striking imagery, Lemon seems to have greedily plundered the entire scope of contemporary poetry for what may be one of the most...
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Published by Third Coast
"His speakers are unrelenting in their quest to remain focused on life’s true and pure moments despite, or rather because of, their fear. Alex Lemon’s poems instruct us to hold...
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Published by The Midwest Book Review
"Mosquito is an enigmatic, engaging read. Ideal for those who enjoy formal and experimental poetry alike, Alex Lemon's book is a truly remarkable debut."
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About Alex
Alex Lemon's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous magazines, including AGNI, BOMB, Denver Quarterly Gulf Coast, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Open City, Pleiades and Tin House. His poetry collections include Hallelujah Blackout, forthcoming...