Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
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Now online: A video trailer of Part I of The Immortal Book Tour, in which Rebecca Skloot and the Lacks family talk about The Immortal [...]
Monday, March 29th, 2010
Here, in the first of what will be several trailers of The Immortal Book Tour, you can see bits of the tour, including the blizzard that nearly prevented Skloot from getting there, many great photos, footage of several Lacks family members talking about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and more.
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
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Yesterday, Skloot discussed and read scenes from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks with Frank Stasio on The State of Things
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Got any questions for Skloot about her book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks? Now’s the time to ask them … she’s launching a series in which she’ll answer FAQs on her blog. Now collecting questions from readers.
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
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Rebecca Skloot just finished a great hour-long in-studio interview with WHYY’s Radio Times. The segment aired live, but you can now listen to it online [...]
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.
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was featured on the cover of Publishers Weekly this week. Inside that issue was a profile of Skloot with [...]
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
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Skloot has just launched an interactive map as part of organizing a grass-roots tour for her upcoming book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. She [...]
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