Sunday, January 31st, 2010
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The Boston Globe loves The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Their review says, among other things: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’’ is a fascinating […]
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
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A rave review of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in The Washington Post today, which says, among other things: This book, labeled “science — […]
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
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Set your TiVos and your DVRs, mark your calendars: Tonight Rebecca Skloot will be on ABC World News talking about her new book, The Immortal […]
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Set your TiVos and your DVRs: Skloot will be on ABC World News tonight talking about her new book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, with members of Henrietta’s family, and Vincent Racaniello and his billions of HeLa cells.
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
I’ve been posting about my impending book tour, and all the great coverage the book has been getting, on Twitter and Facebook, but thought I’d also post a bit of an update and press round up here, for those who (gasp) don’t spend all of their time in those places.
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Comments Off on Excerpt from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Now Online
The current issue of O, the Oprah Magazine features a lengthy excerpt from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and that excerpt just went online […]
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Comments Off on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in Wired: Visual Map of HeLa’s Contributions
Wired magazine has just published a piece about my book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, with this wonderful visual map showing the myriad ways […]
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Are you in New York? Anywhere near New York? If so … mark your calendars and come join us for the PUBLIC BOOK LAUNCH EVENT we’ve all been waiting for (well, at least we here at Culture Dish have been waiting for it … plus a few other folks)
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Comments Off on Chicago Tribune Loves The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
I’m so honored: Today in a great piece about new science books over at the Chicago Tribune, the amazing Pulitzer Prize winning narrative journalist Julia […]
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Free giveaway: Copies of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Get um before they’re gone!
The Henrietta Lacks Foundation strives to provide financial assistance to needy individuals who have made important contributions to scientific research without their knowledge or consent.
