Sacred Invitations: Writer Patrice Gopo in Conversation with Emily Chambers Sharpe

<h4>"Creativity is an invitation from God to participate in adding beauty to the world." —Patrice Gopo</h4> <p>Our Interviews Editor, Emily Chambers Sharpe, talks with writer Patrice Gopo about storytelling, the search for belonging, and creativity as a sacred invitation from God to participate in sacred work. A <a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/interviews/sacred-invitations-writer-patrice-gopo" target="_blank">transcript of the interview</a> is published in our current Summer issue.</p> <p>Patrice Gopo is the child of Jamaican immigrants and was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. She is an award-winning essayist and the author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/all-the-colors-we-will-see-reflections-on-barriers-brokenness-and-finding-our-way/9780785216483"><em>All the Colors We Will See</em></a> (a Fall 2018 Barnes &amp; Noble Discover Great New Writers selection). As a child, she loved twirling a globe, dreaming about cities and states, countries and continents. As an adult, she loves words and enjoys pondering how places shape the people we become. She lives with her family in North Carolina—a place she considers another home. <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/all-the-places-we-call-home/9781546012665"><em>All the Places We Call Home</em></a> is Patrice’s first picture book. Please visit <a href="http://www.patricegopo.com/" target="_blank">www.patricegopo.com</a> to learn more.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vita-poetica/message