{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Author and humanitarian Mitch Albom on love, hope and second chances","publication_date":"October 11, 2025","summary":"Mitch Albom is a sports writer turned author turned benefactor who puts love and hope at the center of nearly everything he does. For our Weekend Spotlight series, John Yang meets up with Albom to talk about his latest book, his writing process and giving back.","author_name":"By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Juliet Fuisz","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2025\/10\/633ad9b7d5e43fbf9daf4dd835c91e2d-wkndspotlight-1024x521.jpg","thumbnail_height":521,"thumbnail_width":1024}