Friday, May 27th, 2011
Comments Off on “Henrietta Lacks Day” Celebrated with HeLa 4 Life Bike-a-Thon in Roanoke
On May 14, 2011, children of Roanoke, VA (Henrietta Lacks’s hometown) celebrated “Henrietta Lacks Day” and participated in a HeLa 4 Life Bike-a-Thon fundraiser at […]
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Comments Off on Rebecca Skloot Talks to inReads about Keeping Her Book Alive
“The intrigue of this book is that it’s a science book and it’s as much a page-turner as The Da Vinci Code, says Liz Funk […]
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Comments Off on The Immortal Life Wins 2011 Audie Award for Best Non-Fiction Audiobook
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has won the Audie Award for Best Non-Fiction Audiobook of 2011 (Random House Audio, unabridged, read by Cassandra Campbell […]
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
Comments Off on The A.V. Club Interviews Rebecca Skloot
Another great interview with Rebecca Skloot, this one with the A.V. Club (Chicago). In it, Rebecca answers often-asked questions about writing The Immortal Life and […]
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Comments Off on Henrietta Lacks Given Posthumous Honorary Degree by Morgan State University
Dr. Henrietta Lacks — a fitting tribute to Henrietta’s profound contributions to medical research: Henrietta Lacks was just honored with a posthumous degree by Baltimore’s […]
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Comments Off on The Immortal Life Recommended on NPR’s Science Friday
Host Ira Flatow and authors Douglas Starr and Deborah Blum suggest their current favorite science reading material – and respond to listeners’ suggestions on NPR’s […]
Monday, May 16th, 2011
Comments Off on Medical Journalists’ Association Awards The Immortal Life Top Prize
Medical Journalists’ Association Open Book Awards (MJA OBA) awarded The Immortal Life its top award in “general readership non-fiction.” This book, which tells the story […]
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Comments Off on The Immortal Life “Provides a Profound Sense of History” Says Journal of the History of Medicine
The Journal of the History of Medicine calls The Immortal Life a “remarkable book” and envisions its use in diverse classrooms for years to come: […]
Monday, May 9th, 2011
Comments Off on The Immortal Life “as Vigorous as the Cells Themselves” Says Florida Times-Union
“If you have read and enjoyed Siddhartha Mukherjee’s impressive The Emperor of Maladies, a Biography of Cancer,” says book reviewer Mims Cushing, “you will find […]
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Comments Off on The Immortal Life “Continues to Dominate in Paperback Nonfiction”
The Boston Globe bestseller list is once again topped by The Immortal Life. The Globe’s “Off the Shelf” blog notes that The Immortal Life “continues […]
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