Gene Andrew Jarrett

Devoted to improving the world through higher education. Author of Paul Laurence Dunbar (Princeton University Press, 2022). Tweets express personal opinions.

[Princeton University @Princeton]

At @thehill, dean of the faculty @GeneJarrett pens an op-ed on the importance of funding for the humanities ➡️ https://t.co/a3CnA8YSSK

Join Dean Jarrett in standing up for Princeton and for higher education: https://t.co/Ls1xogVX71

[Princeton University Press @PrincetonUPress]

Listen to the Ideas #Podcast with @GeneJarrett who shares the story of #poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first African American writers to garner international recognition in the wake of emancipation.

https://t.co/IMPp6amF4p

#PaulLaurenceDunbar #Poetry

[Princeton Audio @princetonaudio.bsky.social @PrincetonAudio]

Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird by @GeneJarrett presents the richest, most detailed, & most nuanced portrait yet of Dunbar & his work.

Read by Mirron Willis, the #audiobook is available wherever you listen! 🎧

#Poetry #PaulLaurenceDunbar @TantorAudio

[Princeton University Press @PrincetonUPress]

Congratulations to Gene Andrew Jarrett (@GeneJarrett), who has been selected to receive the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin for his biography, Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird.

https://t.co/TGZRFHqobS

[College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa @UIowaCLAS]

Congratulations to @GeneJarrett, dean of the faculty at @Princeton, on being selected as the 2024 recipient of the Truman Capote Award. This prestigious award is administered by @IowaWritersWksp. 📚✍️
Announcement: https://t.co/1WD9nDag0s
CC: @PrincetonUPress

[Princeton University @Princeton]

Dean of the Faculty @GeneJarrett offers reflections and insights on #BlackHistoryMonth, along with recommended readings and film. https://t.co/dSXURFb2f4

[Carla Hayden @LibnOfCongress]

What an honor to tour the Paul Laurence Dunbar House in Dayton, OH with my mother today.
Dunbar was one of America’s greatest and most influential poets and a voice for equality for African Americans. His body of work is part of our collective and cultural history.
🧵

[Princeton University Press @PrincetonUPress]

.@GeneJarrett’s Paul Laurence Dunbar is now available in #paperback. Meticulously researched and generously illustrated, this biography presents the richest, most detailed, and most nuanced portrait yet of Dunbar and his work.

Order your copy today!

https://t.co/5TRl0waenf

[Chelsea Clinton @ChelseaClinton]

Great to listen this morning to @peter_laugharn, @RBoyntonJarrett, @AAPDelMonte, @KateWGallego, @JenSiebelNewsom, and Nsedu Witherspoon discuss how climate change disproportionately impacts children – and what we can all do to build a better world for our young people. I hope to see some of the initiatives discussed in my kids’ schools!

[Princeton University Press @PrincetonUPress]

Join @TheMountLenox in welcoming PUP author @GeneJarrett for their Monday Lecture series tomorrow, 8/21, at 4 PM EDT! He will be discussing his book, Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird. Book your tickets to this in-person event today: https://t.co/GJUtLQ2f8c

[Ohioana Library @Ohioana]

#33Books33Days: #GeneAndrewJarrett's 2023 #OhioanaBookAwards About Ohio finalist PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR: THE LIFE & TIMES OF A CAGED BIRD is a definitive biography of a pivotal figure in American literary history, Dayton's #PaulLaurenceDunbar.

@GeneJarrett https://t.co/qbvAEBovLH

[Gene Andrew Jarrett @GeneJarrett]

A wonderful array of accomplished authors for me to be a part of! I am grateful to all who vote for Paul Laurence Dunbar, but also to those who don't but still wish to read it!

[Ohioana Library @Ohioana]

Voting for the 2023 #OhioanaBookAwards Readers' Choice Award is now LIVE!

https://t.co/hP7Tm4oDF0

You can vote through July 5! One vote per IP address will be counted.

[JCCC Billington Library @JCCCLib]

#OnTheShelfToday 📚
Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird by @GeneJarrett
#JCCC 🌻 #Library 🏤 #Juneteenth ✊🏿✊🏾

[Dr. Colleen Shogan @AOTUS11_Shogan]

Today I was honored to announce that the @USNatArchives intends to place the Emancipation Proclamation on permanent display inside the Rotunda, joining our nation's foundational documents as a Charter of Freedom. It is a historic day for all Americans!

[Princeton University Press @PrincetonUPress]

Douglas A. Jones Jr. calls Paul Laurence Dunbar by @GeneJarrett a "gripping biography" in his review for the latest issue of @TheTLS. Check out the full review of this "indispensable and judicious" book: https://t.co/PRN5Xq2OEs

[Gene Andrew Jarrett @GeneJarrett]

I am grateful for this book review in The Times Literary Supplement: https://t.co/F2Ch9vG2fJ @PrincetonUPress @TheTLS

[Gene Andrew Jarrett @GeneJarrett]

I am honored to know that my recent book Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird is a finalist for the Ohioana Book Award! A tremendous array of finalists who have contributed knowledge about the legacy and culture of Ohio: https://t.co/WUDgQgsbUP

[Gene Andrew Jarrett @GeneJarrett]

My discussion of Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird at Labyrinth Books in Princeton, NJ, for American History TV on https://t.co/1Ex5aex9k4 ⁦@PrincetonUPress⁩ https://t.co/JeGTAGvVlu

[Princeton University Press @PrincetonUPress]

Begin #NationalPoetryMonth with the biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar. @GeneJarrett's comprehensive & nuanced book about Dunbar brings readers into the life of a pivotal figure in American literary history. https://t.co/mkoFMX8rKZ
#PoetryTwitter #PoetryCommunity #twitterstorians