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In her new novel “Infinite Country,” acclaimed author Patricia Engel gives voice to five family members as they navigate the particular challenges family life in two countries. In the book, Engel shows immigration as an ongoing process and a constant flow of people across borders.

This week, we'll hear an archival interview with James Lowen from 2018.

Editor, journalist and writer Christopher Cox explores his experiences with looming deadlines and how he became determined to learn the secret of managing them in his new book, “The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like it’s the Last Minute Before the Last Minute.”

On this episode of 51%, we discuss eating disorders: what they look like, why they develop, and how they're treated. We also speak with advocates with the Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders, or STRIPED, who are working to restrict the sale of over-the-counter diet pills to minors.

Bestselling author Francine Prose’s latest “The Vixen,” set in the glamorous world of 1950s New York publishing, is the story of a young man tasked with editing a steamy bodice-ripper based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - an assignment that will reveal the true cost of entering such a world.

The new book “Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR” by journalist Lisa Napoli is a group biography of four beloved women who fought sexism, covered decades of American news, and whose voices defined NPR.

(Airs 08/26/21 @ 3 p.m. & 08/28/21 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with New York State Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes.

(Airs 08/27/21 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York’s first female Governor says she wants people to believe in government again, our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the fact that women dominate the top leadership spots in state government, and a new solar farm is approved in Greene County.

This week we present an encore broadcast of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Claudia Coenen, a creative grief counselor and certified Thanatologist about dealing with grief. Claudia is the author of two books: Shattered by Grief: Picking Up the Pieces to Become Whole Again.

Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll explore the digitization of libraries.