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Don't let the Pigeon cook the books

We all need a bit of reprieve from Tuesday's kerfuffle.

So we dig into some books instead! New York Times bestselling author, opera composer and Kennedy Center education artist-in-residence Mo Willems shows us his latest art exhibit, "Wrecked Shapes." And we celebrate the 20th anniversary of perhaps his best-known character, Pigeon.

Then we head to Hatfield, Massachusetts, where the largest collection of cookbooks resides! At least that's according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Its winner, Lisa Ekus, lets us run rampant among its tomes while telling us how the massive assortment came to be. Her daughter, Sally Ekus, also gives us insight to the cookbook publishing industry and their place in it.

Plus, we hear some of your thoughts about the goings on locally, with the use of the word "Ladies" in Easthampton, and nationally, with the aforementioned indictment! Tell us yours at thefab413@nepm.org or text us at (800) 639-9120.

Christopher “Monte'' Belmonte is host and executive producer of NEPM's The Fabulous 413. He was born and raised in Massachusetts and has been a radio host in western Massachusetts for the last 20 years — the last 17 of them as host of Mornings with Monte on The River 93.9/WRSI.
Kaliis Smith is a radio host and producer for NEPM's The Fabulous 413. She was most recently host and producer at The River 93.9/WRSI where she appeared on Mornings with Monte for the Nerdwatch segment and hosted weekday evenings.