Anthony Opal (b. 1983) is a poet, translator, and editor. His poetry collections include Action (2014), Procession (2020), The Roof Above Our Heads (2021), Another Animal (2023), Tom Waits (2024), and Tape Loops, 2011 (2025), as well as translations of Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Kawai Chigetsu, Kobayashi Issa, Masaoka Shiki, Taneda Santoka, Hatano Soha, a linguistic survey of the Book of Jonah, Versions of Jonah (2020), and an edited edition, The Silver Age (2025), by Fanny Howe. His work has appeared in various magazines and journals: Boston Review, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, TriQuarterly, Notre Dame Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. He received an MFA from Northwestern University, winning the 2014 Distinguished Thesis Award, and currently lives in Chicago, IL, where he is Editor of The Economy Press. He has two daughters.

“Opal's lines are consistently surprising (if that's possible) and, more important, they make me believe them.” –Rae Armantrout, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize

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