Rebecca Skloot, the author of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," will read at Boswell Book Company on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. The event is free.

Rebecca's father, the poet and essayist Floyd Skloot, will read a few poems and introduce her.

According to a review of the book by Boswell's Daniel Goldin, "Skloot tells the story of Lacks' cancer cells while also telling the story of Lacks' family, and how they were left behind in the profits made from the cell cultivation."

Skloot was recently on "The Colbert Report," and discussed her work with Tavis Smiley on PBS.