Full Bio: The Early Life of Paul Laurence Dunbar

For the latest installment of our ongoing Full Bio series, we speak with Gene Jarrett, dean of the faculty and English professor at Princeton, and author of a new biography about the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, called, Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird. On day one, we talk about Dunbar's parents, who were born as slaves, and the environment he grew up in in Dayton, Ohio, in the 1800s. Plus, we hear WNYC's Michael Hill read a selection of Dunbar's poetry.