This free event is a partnership between Interlochen and National Writers Series.

Patrice Gopo is an award-winning essayist and the author of Autumn Song: Essays on Absence, All the Colors We Will See, and All the Places We Call Home. She is the recently announced winner of the inaugural Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award, given out by Interlochen Center for the Arts. The $25,000 prize recognizes the best literature in the creative arts field.

Gopo will be honored in-person and the event is hosted by bestselling author and National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Online RSVPs are requested in advance, limited to 4 seats per registration. Doors and public reception begin at 6:30 pm with the centerpiece presentation starting at 7:00 pm. Complimentary food and drink will be served.

Patrice Gopo - Photo by Allie Marie Smith