Peter O'Leary

Peter O'Leary is the author of five poetry books from The Cultural Society - THE HIDDEN EYES OF THINGS (2022), EARTH IS BEST (2019), THE SAMPO (2016), PHOSPHORESCENCE OF THOUGHT (2013), and LUMINOUS EPINOIA (2010) - as well as two books of literary criticism, including Thick and Dazzling Darkness: Religious Poetry in a Secular Age . He was born in 1968 in Detroit, where he was educated by the LaSallean Christian Brothers. He studied literature and religion at the University of Chicago. He...See more

Peter O'Leary is the author of five poetry books from The Cultural Society - THE HIDDEN EYES OF THINGS (2022), EARTH IS BEST (2019), THE SAMPO (2016), PHOSPHORESCENCE OF THOUGHT (2013), and LUMINOUS EPINOIA (2010) - as well as two books of literary criticism, including Thick and Dazzling Darkness: Religious Poetry in a Secular Age . He was born in 1968 in Detroit, where he was educated by the LaSallean Christian Brothers. He studied literature and religion at the University of Chicago. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois, and teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at the University of Chicago. With John Tipton, he edits Verge Books. See less