Spencer Reece

Spencer Reece's first book of poetry, The Clerk´s Tale (2012), was selected by Louise Glück as winner of the Bakeless Prize and recognized with an award from the Library of Congress. His second collection, The Road to Emmaus (2014), was long-listed for the National Book Award and short-listed for the Griffin Prize. Reece has also edited a bilingual anthology of poems by the abandoned girls of Our Little Roses, Counting Time Like People Count Stars (2017); written a memoir, The Secret Gospel of Mark (2021); and published a book of watercolors, All The Beauty Still Left (2021). An Episcopal priest, he served in San Pedro Sula, Honduras; Madrid, Spain; and New York City, New York. He is the vicar of St. Paul’s, Wickford, Rhode Island.