{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/60e6204de0c9da0013f33f79?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Literature Heals and Connects Us: Heather O'Neill's \"Messages in Bottles\"","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/1625694347726-e0ef7b12c17250c1ffbd2b60da6b46e0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode, Heather O'Neill's short story, \"Messages in Bottles\" (from <a href=\"https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781554684519/daydreams-of-angels/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Daydreams of Angels</em></a><em>, </em>published by HarperCollins in 2014) becomes the focal point of a discussion about why distance does not necessarily impede intimacy--sometimes, in fact, it helps us to be or feel more closely connected--and in that process, literature may play an important part. In her takeaway, Linda chats about her newest \"discovery,\" Souvankham Thammavongsa's <a href=\"http://www.pedlarpress.com/news/souvankham-thammavongsa-poetry/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Found</em> (Pedlar Press 2007</a>). Check out <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ATKsOBFQ2U\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this video with Thammavongsa </a>speaking about and reading from <em>Found</em>.</p>","author_name":"Linda Morra"}