Video, audio, and photos on Rebecca Skloot's web site

I recently visited Rebecca Skloot's web site and found a wealth of information about Henrietta Lacks and her family. In the photos section, you can see many photos that were not included in the book. There are several photos of Deborah and Zakariyya, two of Henrietta's children, looking at their mother's cells for the first time. There are extensive photos of Clover, Henrietta's hometown, throughout the years, as well as photos from Turner's Station, the Baltimore suburb where Henrietta lived for the last several years of her life. In the audio/video section, you can watch a video of HeLa cells dividing. You can also watch The Way of All Flesh, the BBC documentary mentioned throughout the book. Ms. Skloot also included a video from her book tour, which includes footage of Henrietta's son Sonny and his two daughters talking about HeLa's impact on their lives.

I definitely recommend visiting this web site to see people and places from the book come to life.

Text in Community 2010-2011

North Carolina A&T’s Text-in-Community
is out next title up for discussion
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot.
A true story about an African American woman and her cancerous cells known as the HeLa cell that has supplied the holy grails of mid-century biology.

Join us in F.D. Bluford Library, Suite 100

          August 12th and 26th
          12:30-1:30pm

Bring your Lunch, Bring a friend

Available in Bluford Library A&T Stacks RC265.6.L24 S55 2010

Coming soon this title will be available on Bluford Library's Sony ereaders

Non -Fiction for the summer

So you wanted a short and fun title for the month of July …..
Thank You for all the suggestions which I will post later.

Our quick and fun non-fiction selection for July is ...
Act like a Lady, Think like a Man: what men really think about love, relationships, intimacy, and commitment by Steve Harvey and Denene Millner.

So join us for intellectual and lively conversation……..
Thursday, July 22, 2010 12:30-1:30pm, Bluford Library seminar room.256-258

I do not have extra copies to hand out this time, however, you should be able to pick one up at Borders, Barnes and Noble, Ed McKays, or the public library. Bluford Library will have a copy soon.

ALSO…….Mark your calendars for the Fall… August 12 and 26 for discussion of
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lack by Rebecca Skloot, North Carolina A & T’s Text-in-Community.

FALL is here

Save the date.....
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Seminar Room 256-258
Our first title of the year, up for discussion is NC A & T's  Text in Community

             Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama

You can find this title in Bluford Library at the Access Service Desk
Call number ... Reserve  E185.97.O23 A3 2004

I will know soon if I have extra copies to borrow.
    so keep in touch
Bring your lunch... bring a friend... bring a student...