Anthony Opal

{{short description|American writer}}

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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 {{Ill|Hatano Soha|ja|波多野爽波}}, 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, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, and Notre Dame Review. {{cite web |title=Action |url=http://readpeanutbooks.com/2014/11/20/forthcoming-mid-december/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141202222611/http://readpeanutbooks.com/2014/11/20/forthcoming-mid-december/ |archive-date=2 December 2014 |website=Peanut Books |publisher=Peanut Books |accessdate=22 November 2014}}{{cite web |title=Sonnet |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/56095/sonnet-56d23849d4cdf |access-date=26 January 2022 |website=Poetry (magazine) |publisher=Poetry Foundation}}{{cite web |title=Anthony Opal listing |url=http://www.pw.org/content/anthony_opal |website=P&W |publisher=Poets & Writers |accessdate=12 October 2014}}{{cite web |title=Publisher page |url=https://theeconomypress.com/Anthony-Opal |access-date=25 January 2022 |website=The Economy Press |publisher=The Economy Press}}

A contributor to the contemporary sonnet form, Douglas Kearney 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".{{cite web|title=Luke Fidler with Anthony Opal|url=http://theconversant.org/?p=4074|website=The Conversant|publisher=The Volta| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209081546/http://theconversant.org/?p=4074 |accessdate=9 October 2014| archive-date=2013-12-09 }} Archived 9 September 2013.{{Cite web |title=ACTION [poems] – punctum books |url=https://punctumbooks.com/titles/action/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=punctumbooks.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Glatch |first=Sean |date=2021-01-12 |title=What is Form in Poetry? 10 Poetic Forms to Try |url=https://writers.com/what-is-form-in-poetry |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Writers.com |language=en-US}}{{Citation |title=Make Your Own Fun - 049: Anthony Opal |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heeg17EJcAM |language=en |access-date=2022-07-04}}

Opal received a BA in English literature from Elmhurst University and an MFA in creative writing from Northwestern University. He lives in Chicago, IL, where he edits The Economy Magazine + Press.{{cite web |title=Anthony Opal Web Archives |url=http://webarchives.cdlib.org/site/sw10z72396 |website=Northwestern University Web Archive |publisher=Northwestern University Library |accessdate=12 October 2014}}