BOOKS

We visit the lawn of Westhampton Public Library for their "Lounging for Literacy" event, revisit our pop-up with Leyla McCalla from the Green River Festival and try wines at State Street Fruit Store.

In an rapidly changing political landscape, we check in with Rep. Jim McGovern. And, we take a trip to the Eric Carle Museum to see author and illustrator Grace Lin's career retrospective exhibit.

We talk with author Mattea Kramer about book "The Untended," chat with musician and producer John Carroll Kirby and talk with the Word Nerd about the English language's Germanic origins.

We share a piece of our pop-up with Olive Klug at the Green River Festival, learn how U.S. strikes in Iran impact the science community with Mr. Universe and chat with author Jonathan Wynn about his new novel.

Western Mass. writer and editor Jennifer Acker zeroed in on her top five epistolary books and it ended up being published in the Wall Street Journal.

We speak to Jen Pollins of the School for Contemporary Thought about upcoming youth dance programming, speak with author Varla Ventura about her new book, "Enchanted Plants," and learn about The Garden Conservancy's Open Gardens event at one of the locations for viewing in Greenfield.

We check back in with student authors of the Slavery North Initiative with their picture book exhibit, tour the sustainable and natural dye printmaking studio Zea Mays and learn about pronunciation with the Word Nerd.

Today we host a roundtable discussion with four local organizations who are facing real-life material consequences from widespread federal funding cuts.

Diving into a more than 150 year old tradition, one a law, that is still upheld by a couple of small Massachusetts towns and supports Massachusetts libraries.

We speak with author Heidi Stemple about her latest book, "The Poetry of Car Mechanics," agonize over better words to describe terrible things with Word Nerd Emily Brewster and check out the arborvitae at Amherst Nurseries.