Wow, no sooner do we write about one Alex Lemon book ("Happy") than he comes out with another. "Happy," Lemon's memoir about suffering a stroke while a student at Macalester College in St. Paul, was published this month by Scribner. "Fancy Beasts," his third collection of poetry, will be published in March by Milkweed Editions of Minneapolis. Lemon also taught at Macalester and now lives and teaches in Fort Worth, Texas.

Also ...

•Elissa Elliott's novel "Eve" has been released in paperback by Bantam. The book was published in hardcover last year by Delacorte. Elliott will read and sign books at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Bookcase, 607 E. Lake St., Wayzata.

•The headline on the news release made me laugh: "Yet another book from Laura Childs?" Which was exactly my thought as I was opening the envelope. But it's true: Childs (real name: Gerry Schmitt of Plymouth) publishes three mysteries a year. Upcoming is "The Teaberry Strangler," the latest in her tea shop series. It comes out March 1 from Berkley, with a publication party at noon March 6 at Once Upon a Crime Bookstore, 604 W. 26th St., Minneapolis.

•The Minnesota Women of Today will hold a used book sale from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Doubletree Hotel, 1500 Park Place Blvd., Mpls. The sale will benefit First Book, which provides new books to children in need.

•"Paint the Next Sunrise: A Future for Hunting and Fishing" by Mark Strand has been published by Beaver's Pond Press. Strand's book is part memoir, part manifesto about the wonders of the outdoors.

•"The Rose Variations" by Marisha Chamberlain is out in paperback with Soho Press. She will read from her book at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Av., St. Paul, as part of the Fireside Literary Series.

•"The Color of the Land: Race, Nation and the Politics of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929" by David Chang will be published Feb. 1 by the University of North Carolina Press. Chang teaches history and American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota. His book examines the history of Creek Indians, blacks and whites in Oklahoma.

•"The New Frugality: How to Consume Less, Save More and Live Better" by Chris Farrell has been published by Bloomsbury Press. Farrell is the economics editor of American Public Media's Marketplace Money and a contributing editor for Business Week. He lives in St. Paul.