{"title":"Spencer Reece","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpencer Reece crafts deeply moving works that explore the intersection of spirituality and everyday life, often blurring the lines between poetry and prose. His writing invites readers into moments of quiet reflection, capturing the beauty and complexity of human experience with delicate precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the Arts \u0026amp; Culture tradition, his books offer a contemplative journey through language and emotion, making them a compelling choice for those who appreciate profound, lyrical storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"acts-by-spencer-reece-9780374100834","title":"Acts","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy old love,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nmy love who gave me language that I love,\u003cbr\u003e\nwhen there are no words, there are only acts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpencer Reece, a poet and an Episcopal priest, suffuses his poetry with tenderness, humanity, and a wondrous alchemy of beauty and sorrow. As the Nobel laureate Louise Glück wrote, \"emanating from Spencer Reece's work [is] a sense of immanence that belongs more commonly to religious passion; it is a great thing to have it again in art.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eActs\u003c\/em\u003e, the third book of poetry by Reece, is the product of a decade of work and of a life acutely lived. In it, he celebrates the language and literature of Spain and tracks his tenure at the Spanish Episcopal Church. At times, the collection is a love letter to Madrid; at other moments, to Old Lyme, Connecticut, where the speaker's parents lived until the death of his father, and to Little Compton, Rhode Island. The poems are also an homage to the letter itself, to its art and its waning means of connection across distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eActs\u003c\/em\u003e, Reece confronts grief and love, loneliness and self-acceptance, with honesty, artful lyricism, and, above all, a true and luminous grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48240554148076,"sku":"9780374100834","price":53.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780374100834-acts-1.jpg?v=1787918890"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/spencer-reece.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}