Rebecca Skloot
Website for Skloot and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Facebook page for Skloot and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Selected Book Reviews
“A Legacy of Life” (Douglas Whynott, Boston Globe, Jan. 30, 2010)
“A Woman’s Undying Gift to Science” (Dwight Garner, New York Times, Feb. 2, 2010)
“Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” (Eric Roston, The Washington Post, Jan. 31, 2010)
“Eternal Life” (Lisa Margonelli, New York Times Sunday Book Review, Feb. 5, 2010)
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (The Guardian)” (Hilary Mantel, The Guardian, May 21, 2010)
Selected Interviews
“College Freshmen Learn from Henrietta Lacks” (NPR Talk of the Nation – audio 16:57 min.)
“Tracing the ‘Immortal’ Cells of Henrietta Lacks” (NPR Fresh Air – audio 32:40 min.)
“Recounting an Untold Story” (The Wall Street Journal)
“Rebecca Skloot on Narrating History” (nieman storyboard)
Related Articles
“A Lasting Gift to Medicine that Wasn’t Really a Gift” (Denise Grady, New York Times, Feb. 1, 2010) *opens in Google Books
“The Double-Edged Helix” (Michael Rogers, Rolling Stone, March 25, 1976)
“The Miracle of HeLa” (Ebony Magazine, June 1976) *opens in Google Books
“25 Years After Death, Black Mother’s Cells Live for Cancer Study” (JET Magazine, April 1, 1976) *opens in Google Books
“Her Cells Made Her Immortal” (Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun, March 19, 1997)
Other Resources
The Lacks Family website
The Henrietta Lacks Foundation
Henrietta Lacks – CBS Sunday Morning
HeLa Cells Dividing Over 27 Hours (YouTube .54 min.)
Teaching Guides
Random House Teacher’s Guide to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (includes guided reading and discussion questions for each chapter; writing prompts for language arts, social studies, and science; topics for further discussion; other titles of interest; online resources; cast of characters; and timeline) *opens as PDF
Southern Methodist University website on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (includes issues for discussion, audio and video resources)
LaGuardia Community College website on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (includes detailed overview, study guides, resources by subject, and timelines)