Culture Dish: October 2008

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Dusting Off The Cobwebs

Yes, it's true: Culture Dish is still alive under all the dust and cobwebs that have accumulated since my last post. The good news: My book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, is finished and headed toward publication (which is why Culture Dish went on hiatus), and I'll be back to blogging soon. I'll also be launching a new website at rebeccaskloot.com as well as giving Culture Dish a serious makeover. First step: It's moving to ScienceBlogs. Stay tuned for more information, including a link to the new blog location once it's up and running ...

Labels: HeLa, Henrietta Lacks, Housekeeping, My Book, Personal Updates

: Name: Rebecca Skloot; Location: New York City, New York

Rebecca Skloot is a freelance writer, contributing editor at Popular Science magazine, and sometimes-correspondent for NPR's RadioLab. She writes a monthly column on Pets for Prevention magazine, and contributes regularly to the New York Times Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, Discover, and others. Her first book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks", is forthcoming from Crown. She posts on two blogs: Culture Dish -- her blog about science, writing and life -- and Critical Mass, the blog of the National Book Critics Circle board of directors, on which she serves as a vice president. Skloot teaches creative nonfiction writing in the University of Memphis's MFA program, where she directs the River City Writers Series. For more information: www.rebeccaskloot.com .

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~ Taking The Least of You: Those blood and tissue samples you routinely give - where are they? Who owns them? What are they being used for? And how come you don't know? Adapted from my book in progress
~ Cells That Save Lives are a Mother's Legacy: Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa cells, adapted from my book in progress
~ When Pets Attack:A pack of junkyard dogs mauled my dog; I took on the city to do something about it
~ Two Americas, Two Restaurants, One Town: The politics of food, and the West Virginia town I love
~ Fixing Nemo: That's right: Fish surgery. People love their fish, and fish doctors do everything from MRIs to goldfish plastic surgery to fix them
~ Fish Surgery on Nova ScienceNOW: The mini-documentary and audio slideshow follow up to "Fixing Nemo" (above)
~ Where Cooks Learn, Eat and Dance Together: Eating Bear Stew at the Pigpen Penthouse