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“Funny, tender, sometimes violent ... a cast of characters whose anger, generosity, pride and improbable grace make them impossible to forget.”
—Christine Wicker, Dallas Morning News
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Archive for September, 2009

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

It’s that time again: Today , September 19th, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, Japanese Respect for the Aged day … and my birthday. [...]

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Not Dead Yet …

Yes, that’s right, we here at Culture Dish are actually STILL ALIVE! Though you wouldn’t know it from our feed. … After a bit of down time, Culture Dish is back.

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Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same.

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