Anthony Opal is an American poet, translator, and editor. His books include ''Action'' (2014), ''Procession'' (2020), and ''The Roof Above Our Heads'' (2021), as well as translations of Hatano Soha, Taneda Santoka, Kobayashi Issa, and a linguistic survey on the Book of Jonah. His work has appeared in various magazines and journals, including ''Poetry'', '' Boston Review'', ''

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Notre Dame Review ''The Notre Dame Review'' is a national literary magazine. Founded by the University of Notre Dame, it publishes fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction quarterly. The first issue was published in Winter 1995. Awards Each year ''The Notre Dame ...

''. A contributor to the contemporary sonnet form,

Douglas Kearney Douglas Kearney (born 1974) is an American poet, performer and librettist. Kearney grew up in Altadena, California. His work has appeared in ''Nocturnes'', ''Jubilat'', ''Beloit Poetry Journal'', ''Gulf Coast'', ''Poetry'', ''Pleiades'', ''Iowa ...

describes Opal’s work as "adroit and contemplative," writing that Opal's poems "don't only fuck with ideas of the holy, they seek them out." Likewise, in ''The Conversant'', Luke Fidler writes of Opal juxtaposing both images and "modes of experience, of remembering, of anticipating". Opal received a BA in English literature from

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and an MFA in creative writing from

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

. He lives in Chicago, IL, where he edits The Economy Magazine + Press.

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