His 2004 book, The Clerk's Tale, was published by the Houghton Mifflin Company (A Mariner Original). The Clerk's Tale was the winner of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Bakeless Prize and was judged by former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glück. The title poem describes a day in the life at a store in the Mall of America. Reece worked for many years as a sales associate at Brooks Brothers in the Mall. James Franco based his short film on the title poem.[2] Reece's second book, The Road to Emmaus, was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in April 2014. His work has appeared in Boulevard, The New Yorker and The American Poetry Review.[3] The Road to Emmaus was a long list nominee for the National Book Award and a finalist for the Griffin Prize in Canada.
2017 saw the publication of Counting Time like People Count Stars: Poems by the Girls of Little Roses, San Pedro Sula, Honduras (Tia Chucha Press).[4] This anthology of poems in Spanish with English translations was edited by Reece. The project was born from his time teaching at the Orphanage of Our Little Roses in Honduras.[5]
In 2019, Common Prayer: Reflections on Episcopal Worship was published, containing a chapter by Reece.
In 2022, Seven Stories Press published The Secret Gospel of Mark: A Poet's Memoir. A collection of watercolors was also published that year, All The Beauty Still Left: A Poet's Painted Book of Hours by Turtle Point Press. In 2024, Farrar, Straus & Giroux will publish his third collection of poems, Acts.
Reece was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 2011.[6] He served as priest at the Spanish Episcopal Church for ten years. From 2020 to 2022, he served as the interim priest at Saint Mark's/San Marcos in Jackson Heights, Queens, a bilingual parish that lost their priest from the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2023, he became the vicar of Saint Paul's, in Wickford, Rhode Island, serving the Bishop of Rhode Island.
Awardsedit
American academy of arts and letters award in literature, 2016
^, The Westerly Sun. By Nancy Burns-Fusaro, Sun Staff Writer. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
^ ab, The Westerly Sun News. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
^Bios of 2005 Whiting Writers' Award Recipients - Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9-20-06
^"Counting Time". Tia Chucha Press. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^"'Don't forget us' - orphaned girl's please leads to film and book of poems". Anglican Communion News Service. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^Spencer Reece : The Poetry Foundation Retrieved 29 March 2014.
External linksedit
- The Academy of American Poets
Profile at The Whiting Foundation
Profile at Common Prayer
April 09, 2024
spencer, reece, poet, presbyter, lives, madrid, spain, graduated, from, wesleyan, university, 1985, reece, received, from, university, york, england, from, harvard, divinity, school, from, berkeley, divinity, school, yale, divinity, school, wesleyan, spencer, . Spencer Reece is a poet and presbyter who lives in Madrid Spain He graduated from Wesleyan University 1985 Reece received his M A from the University of York England his M T S from the Harvard Divinity School and a M Div from the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale Divinity School At Wesleyan Spencer took a class in writing verse with Pulitzer Prize winning writer Annie Dillard Tinker at Pilgrim Creek whom he describes as an early encourager along with James Merrill the Stonington poet with whom Spencer corresponded 1 His 2004 book The Clerk s Tale was published by the Houghton Mifflin Company A Mariner Original The Clerk s Tale was the winner of the Bread Loaf Writers Conference Bakeless Prize and was judged by former U S poet laureate Louise Gluck The title poem describes a day in the life at a store in the Mall of America Reece worked for many years as a sales associate at Brooks Brothers in the Mall James Franco based his short film on the title poem 2 Reece s second book The Road to Emmaus was published by Farrar Straus amp Giroux in April 2014 His work has appeared in Boulevard The New Yorker and The American Poetry Review 3 The Road to Emmaus was a long list nominee for the National Book Award and a finalist for the Griffin Prize in Canada 2017 saw the publication of Counting Time like People Count Stars Poems by the Girls of Little Roses San Pedro Sula Honduras Tia Chucha Press 4 This anthology of poems in Spanish with English translations was edited by Reece The project was born from his time teaching at the Orphanage of Our Little Roses in Honduras 5 In 2019 Common Prayer Reflections on Episcopal Worship was published containing a chapter by Reece In 2022 Seven Stories Press published The Secret Gospel of Mark A Poet s Memoir A collection of watercolors was also published that year All The Beauty Still Left A Poet s Painted Book of Hours by Turtle Point Press In 2024 Farrar Straus amp Giroux will publish his third collection of poems Acts Reece was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 2011 6 He served as priest at the Spanish Episcopal Church for ten years From 2020 to 2022 he served as the interim priest at Saint Mark s San Marcos in Jackson Heights Queens a bilingual parish that lost their priest from the Covid 19 pandemic In 2023 he became the vicar of Saint Paul s in Wickford Rhode Island serving the Bishop of Rhode Island Awards editAmerican academy of arts and letters award in literature 2016 Shortlisted for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize for The Road to Emmaus Longlist nominee for National Book 2014 for The Road to Emmaus Recipient of the Witter Bynner Prize administered by the Library of Congress 2 Recipient of the Pushcart Prize in 2009 Recipient of a Whiting Award in 2005 for poetry Winner of the Bread Loaf Writers Conference Bakeless Prize for 2004 Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts poetry fellowship Recipient of an Amy Lowell Traveling Grant References edit Reece Brings a Sense of Poetry to the Pulpit The Westerly Sun By Nancy Burns Fusaro Sun Staff Writer 8 February 2010 Retrieved 15 November 2012 a b People in the News Spencer Reece The Westerly Sun News 8 November 2012 Retrieved 8 November 2012 Bios of 2005 Whiting Writers Award Recipients Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 20 06 Counting Time Tia Chucha Press Retrieved 23 October 2017 Don t forget us orphaned girl s please leads to film and book of poems Anglican Communion News Service 19 September 2017 Retrieved 23 October 2017 Spencer Reece The Poetry Foundation Retrieved 29 March 2014 External links editEmerging Poet On Spencer Reece The Academy of American Poets Profile at The Whiting Foundation Profile at Common Prayer Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spencer Reece amp oldid 1201459805, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
