{"id":186,"date":"2019-03-26T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2022-02-14T13:06:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T18:06:50","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/montclair-book\/montclair-book-archives\/2012-montclair-book\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rebecca Skloot<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Website for Skloot and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/em><\/a>
\nFacebook page for Skloot and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Selected Book Reviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n

“A Legacy of Life<\/a>” (Douglas Whynott, Boston Globe<\/em>, Jan. 30, 2010)
\n“A Woman’s Undying Gift to Science<\/a>” (Dwight Garner, New York Times<\/em>, Feb. 2, 2010)
\n“Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/a>” (Eric Roston, The Washington Post<\/em>, Jan. 31, 2010)
\n“Eternal Life<\/a>” (Lisa Margonelli, New York Times<\/em> Sunday Book Review, Feb. 5, 2010)
\n“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (The Guardian)<\/a>” (Hilary Mantel, The Guardian<\/em>, May 21, 2010)<\/p>\n

Selected Interviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n

“College Freshmen Learn from Henrietta Lacks<\/a>” (NPR Talk of the Nation – audio 16:57 min.)
\n“Tracing the ‘Immortal’ Cells of Henrietta Lacks<\/a>” (NPR Fresh Air – audio 32:40 min.)
\n“Recounting an Untold Story<\/a>” (The Wall Street Journal<\/em>)
\n“Rebecca Skloot on Narrating History<\/a>” (nieman storyboard)<\/p>\n

Related Articles<\/strong><\/h2>\n

“A Lasting Gift to Medicine that Wasn’t Really a Gift<\/a>” (Denise Grady, New York Times<\/em>, Feb. 1, 2010) *opens in Google Books
\n“The Double-Edged Helix<\/a>” (Michael Rogers, Rolling Stone<\/em>, March 25, 1976)
\n“The Miracle of HeLa<\/a>” (Ebony<\/em> Magazine, June 1976) *opens in Google Books
\n“25 Years After Death, Black Mother’s Cells Live for Cancer Study<\/a>” (JET <\/em>Magazine, April 1, 1976) *opens in Google Books
\n“Her Cells Made Her Immortal<\/a>” (Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun<\/em>, March 19, 1997)<\/p>\n

Other Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Lacks Family website<\/a>
\nThe Henrietta Lacks Foundation<\/a>
\nHenrietta Lacks – CBS Sunday Morning<\/a>
\nHeLa Cells Dividing Over 27 Hours<\/a> (YouTube .54 min.)<\/p>\n

Teaching Guides<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Random House Teacher’s Guide to <\/strong>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (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
\nSouthern Methodist University website on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/em><\/a> (includes issues for discussion, audio and video resources)
\nLaGuardia Community College website on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/em><\/a> (includes detailed overview, study guides, resources by subject, and timelines)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":671,"parent":180,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-186","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120000,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions\/120000"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}