Part 2 of Bloom’s exclusive video interview with Spencer Reece and Dar Williams. Learn more about the Our Little Roses poetry and documentary project; and donate before the the end of the year! Continue reading »
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Spencer Reece and Dar Williams: A Video Interview
Bloom sat down with Spencer and Dar—who first met thirty years ago at Wesleyan College—to talk about their friendship; the relationship between art, spirituality, and social engagement; blooming in their 40s; and the Our Little Roses project. Continue reading »
Spencer Reece: The Poet’s Tale
by Sonya Chung
We needed such a story. The romance, the sense of “close call,” i.e., what if he had never won any prize or come to anyone’s attention, but continued to labor in the dark – 40, 50, 60 years old — a melancholy retail clerk, making $30,000 a year, estranged from family, with two master’s degrees, living in suburban Florida. It could have happened. It does happen, all the time. Continue reading »
