Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
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Contact: David Drake 212-782-9001; ddrake@randomhouse.com THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS AUTHOR REBECCA SKLOOT TO EXPLORE HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND IN NEW BOOK FOR CROWN (New York, [...]
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
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“A historical highway marker memorializing the legacy of Henrietta Lacks was dedicated at St. Matthew Baptist Church near Lacks’ final resting place,” reports the Gazette [...]
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
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In this interview with Vick Mickunas – creator of the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO, the NPR affiliate in Dayton, OH – Rebecca [...]
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
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The Washington Post named Rebecca Skloot as one of their Five Surprising Leaders of 2010, saying: Prior to 2010, Rebecca Skloot was a little-known science [...]
Monday, November 29th, 2010
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The Immortal Life has been listed as a New York Times Notable Book of 2010, and also as one of the top 10 books of [...]
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
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From National Public Radio today: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a remarkable feat of investigative journalism and a moving work of narrative nonfiction [...]
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
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O, The Oprah Magazine has just named The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as one of the Best Books of 2010, and Discover Magazine has [...]
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has just been announced as the winner of this year’s Wellcome Trust Book Prize: Ten years in the making, [...]
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
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Very exciting news, just in: Amazon has named The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as the Best Book of 2010. From their announcement: Our Best [...]
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
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In a historic reversal of a longstanding and controversial policy, the U.S. Government has just filed a legal brief saying that genes should not be [...]
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