{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/674c91d33bd1d4df28f104b7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"\"But I'm Holding a Pineapple\" - An Open Letter to Ivan Coyote","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/1734310877981-45116321-0784-46d9-9b75-cd6cf79f2d0a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Linda writes an open letter to Ivan Coyote, in response to their book, <a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/671051/care-of-by-ivan-coyote/9780771051739\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Care Of: Letters, Connections, and Cures </em>(published by McClelland &amp; Stewart during the pandemic). </a>This important volume of letters is extraordinary and, while we're no longer in the throes of a pandemic, it remains as relevant as ever. With references to WB Yeat's poem \"The Second Coming\" and <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/why-so-many-people-are-going-no-contact-with-their-parents\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an article by Anna Russell that appeared in <em>The New Yorker</em></a><em>, </em>this episode highlights the vital contribution this book makes - and it's more than just a pineapple.</p>","author_name":"Linda Morra"}