Happy
A Memoir
Published on 29. December 2009
304 pages
978-1-4391-6049-7 (ISBN)
Description
A poet's electrifying memoir about his struggles with his past, his addictions, and the wreckage of his body after his first stroke at the age of 19.
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Alex Lemon was born in Iowa, and lives in Ft. Worth, Texas. He is the author of two collections of poetry, Mosquito (Tin House Books) and Hallelujah Blackout (Milkweed Editions), and is the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- I
- 1 March 1997, Macalester College
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- II
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- III
- July 1997
- IV
- 1997-1999
- V
- March 1998
- VI
- 1
- 2
- 3 Halloween 1998
- 4 November
- VII
- 1 May 1999
- 2
- 3 June
- 4 July
- 5 Mid-July
- 6 August
- VIII
- 1 Two Days Later
- 2
- IX
- 1 September 9, 1999
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- X
- 1 November 1999, St. Paul
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- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- XI
- March 2004
- Epilogue 2008
- Big Love
- About the Author
