“The sort of story that books were made to tell —thorough, detailed, quietly passionate, and full of revelation.”—TED CONOVER, author of Newjack
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
As part of an ongoing series answering FAQs about her book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Skloot dishes on the fact that yes, it’s true, she flunked high school.
Monday, April 5th, 2010
As part of an ongoing series answering FAQs about her book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Skloot talks about how she first learned about the cells at 16 and why they grabbed her enough to spend decades writing a book about them.
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)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Calling all academics: If you’d like a free advanced copy of my book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, to consider it for course adoption, get thee to Random House’s academic blog and request a copy quick, while supplies last (which probably won’t be long at the rate things are going).
Monday, October 26th, 2009
Yes folks, it’s that time again: Registration is now open for the great ScienceOnline2010 meeting …
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
In a starred pre-publication review, Publishers Weekly calls The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (about HeLa, by yours truly), “a remarkable debut … a rich, resonant tale of modern science, the wonders it can perform and how easily it can exploit society’s most vulnerable people.” See post for full review, and the book’s shiny new cover!
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
The media is obsessed with Jade Goody, who is dying on television at the age of 27 from stage 4 cervical cancer. But most coverage misses the real story, and an opportunity to educate women.
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
In this Sunday’s Washington Post, I reviewed Hannah Holmes’s book The Well-Dressed Ape. Overall it was a pretty positive review, but I criticized her for [...]
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Skloot’s tips for breaking into publication and getting paid to write
