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The Road to Emmaus NPR coverage of The Road to Emmaus: Poems by Spencer Reece. News, author interviews, critics' picks and more.

The Road to Emmaus

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The Road to Emmaus

Poems

by Spencer Reece

The Road to Emmaus

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These poems follow a middle-aged man who decides to become a priest in the Episcopal Church.

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