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    Monday, August 29th, 2011

    NPR’s Talk of the Nation Interviews Rebecca Skloot about ‘Common Reads’ College Programs and The Immortal Life

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    NPR reports, “In recent years, a growing number of colleges have begun assigning “common reads,” books that all first year students read over the summer, [...]


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    Sunday, January 31st, 2010

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Skloot on ABC World News Tonight! Plus Lots of Review Love

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    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.


    Friday, January 2nd, 2009

    Subscribing to Culture Dish Feed, plus Culture Dish on NPR Today

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    Update: Culture Dish’s feed is now live! (Thanks Sb folks!) To subscribe to this blog, just click this link for RSS feed or subscribe to [...]


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