Events at: Saint Francis Springs Prayer Center

Creative Convergence: A Gathering of Words with Patrice Gopo

Patrice Gopo is an award-winning writer who crafts stories steeped in themes of place, belonging, and home. Her essay collections include Autumn Song, recipient of the inaugural Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award, and All the Colors We Will See, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Her picture books include Ripening Time, recipient of a North Carolina Book Award and finalist for a Southern Book Prize, All the Places We Call Home, and the forthcoming Beyond Alaska’s Window. Patrice is also the editor of the essay anthology We Deserve to Heal, a project deeply connected to the Collegeville Institute.