Patrice Gopo is the award-winning author of essay collections and picture books. She is also the editor of We Deserve to Heal: Black Women on the Perils & Promises of Friendship with White Women (University Press of Kentucky) and the co-editor of the forthcoming writing craft anthology Holy the Words: The Craft of Spiritual Writing (Broadleaf Books | Spring 2027). To learn more and subscribe to her newsletter, please visit www.PatriceGopo.com.