Selected Press Coverage of The Immortal Life
- Interview on WHYY’s Radio Times.
- Skloot discusses The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air.
- Skloot on NPR’s All Things Considered with Guy Raz.
- Skloot and the Lacks Family discuss the legacy of Henrietta Lacks on ABC World News.
- LA Times profile of Skloot, and the making of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: “Henrietta Lacks’s Immortal Roots“
- “Immortal Cells; Moral Issues” an OpEd by Ruth Faden, director of Johns Hopkins bioethics center, exploring the ethical issues raised by Skloot’s book.
- Publishers Weekly profile: “Rebecca Skloot Found a Story of Immortality and Faith in a Young Woman’s Tissue Sample.”
- “The Immortal Book Tour,” a story by Skloot about the grassroots book tour she organized (more info here).
- Booklist profile: “Story Behind the Story.”
- Chicago Tribune says The Immortal Life “epitomizes what’s so wonderful about today’s science writing for a lay audience” and more. Read more here.
- Wired Magazine’s visual map of HeLa cells’ contribution to science.
- Popular Science names The Immortal Life book of the month for February 2010, calling her story “remarkable,” and running this tribute: “Five Reasons Why Henrietta Lacks is The Most Important Woman in Medical History.”
- “Librarians: The Secret to Narrative History“, an essay by Skloot in Library Journal, about the ways in which librarians helped make it possible to write her book.
A selection of other press coverage
Skloot has been the subject of numerous articles, profiles, and interviews on television and radio and in various magazines and newspapers—from NPR to CBS News to Rapportage to the Baltimore City Paper. Coverage includes:
- “Tales of a Literary Dynasty: Between them, father and daughter writers Floyd and Rebecca Skloot have produced quite the body of work. Or maybe that should be work of the body – human and otherwise,” May 2009.
- “Rebecca Skloot: Class Act,” Memphis Magazine, November 2008.
- “Beyond Seeing Eye Dogs,” NPR Word of Mouth, January 2009.
- “Service Animal Ban,” NPR Here and Now, January 2009.
- “Helper Parrots, Guide Horses Face Legal Challenges,” NPR Day to Day, January 2009.
- “Get to Know Henrietta Lacks,” The Commercial Appeal, February 2008.
- “Scientific Method on Exhibit at Pink Palace,” The Commercial Appeal, February 2008.
- “Rebecca Skloot: Writer, Teacher, Critic,” The Commercial Appeal, October 2008.
- “A Conversation With Rebecca Skloot,” Baltimore Review, Summer 2005.
