Jennifer J Brown

@jjunebrown.bsky.social

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#Author, #publichealth advocate, #genetics PhD. Creatively driven & scientifically inspired, Mom of 2 with #PKU. Latest book: When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes https://jjbrownauthor.com/

NYC Poetry Festival 2026 on Governors Island, J.J. Brown books Natural Supernatural Love, and Comorbidity - Expressions of Love.
New book "We the Patients" by Matthew Zachary, recommended by J.J. Brown author as an empowering manifesto on patient rights.
New York Poetry Festival announcement from The Poetry Society of NY is July 18 and July 19, 2026 at Nolan Park, Governors Island and J.J. Brown Books will be there.
Cover of "Stream & Shale Story Coloring Book" a true environment Tale to read aloud and color by J.J. Brown for EarthDay.
Natural Supernatural Love, Poems by J.J. Brown - book cover. In print, paperback and Kindle, 2nd edition 2025. For #NationalPoetryMonth.
Magnolia tree blooms in spring in NYC.
Quote from advice Nobel laureate Barbara McClintock gave me when she was my mentor during genetics graduate training, "Never dumb down, Jennifer." #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth
Invite to presentation by J.J. Brown on Rare Disease in the US Today: Real Lived Experiences - with COSE and Post U. Feb 27 at 6PM ET, live for #RareDiseaseDay
Stream and Shale Story Coloring Book by Jennifer J. Brown, a true environment Tale to read aloud and color.
Maxi an adopted house rabbit in NYC, and beloved, on V-day.
Book cover, "Stream and Shale Story Coloring Book: A True Environment Tale to Read Aloud and Color" by Jennifer J. Brown, PhD https://www.amazon.com/Stream-Shale-Coloring-Environment-Children/dp/B0GLYNBTZ4/
Narrative Medicine by Rita Charon book cover.
The Doctor's Dreams by J.J. Brown book cover, four mystical novellas.
Adopted Siberian Husky with J.J. Brown Author in NYC on the holidays, 2025.
Holiday evergreen trees in NYC, with a new short story, For Tom: Not Home for the Holidays, by J.J. Brown Author.
Capital City by Samuel Stein, a must read on the real estate state and land issues in the US.
A book reading from "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes" by Jennifer J. Brown, PhD at the J.J. Brown Books channel on YouTube, including a discussion of genetics and eugenics in rare disease.
Image from the series "The Fall of the House of Usher" on IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15567174/ a great Halloween movie.
"Lifting the Limits" benefit gala in NYC with the National PKU Alliance, J.J. Brown and Lillian Isabella, advocating for people with PKU (phenylketonuria) genes in the family, to have access to care, treatment, and needed medical foods.
Nobody's Girl book by Virginia Giuffre, memoir on Epstein traumas of women.
Book cover of "Death and the Dream by J.J. Brown" and Wishing Shelf UK editorial review, 16 scary short stories.
"The Finest Mask" a speculative fiction book cover, with Europeans susceptible to epidemics, needing masks, looking for "perfect genes" of beautiful Indigenous Peoples to save them... a horror collection by J.J. Brown "The Doctor's Dreams" 2nd edition now out: https://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Dreams-Novellas-J-J-Brown/dp/B0FP9GH568
"Genes of Wrath" podcast episode on Out of Patients with Matthew Zachary, an author interview about "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes" by Jennifer J. Brown and health advocacy in rare disease.
J.J. Brown book signing at the Brooklyn Book Festival, Fall 2025 in NY with "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes" books.
Postcard image of "The Doctor's Dreams" Novellas and stories by J.J. Brown, for the Brooklyn Book Festival 2025.
Book review of "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes" by Jennifer J. Brown in Rare Revolution Magazine.
Book, Kurt Vonnegut "Player Piano" cover photo, published 1952, relevant Labor Day 2025. Photo with J.J. Brown, NYC.
Book cover for "The Doctor's Dreams" Novellas, 2nd Edition by J.J. Brown, 2025.
Photo of books from the Queens Public Library, treasures for free.
Adopted Siberian Husky on International Dog Day with author J.J. Brown.
Book cover of "Death and the Dream" short story collection by J.J. Brown independent scientist author.
Budgie tasting hibiscus flower tea, a superfood good for summer heat.
Survival Genes Stories: Positive Spin on "Rare" ~ coming up soon, a provocative event with tales of "rare" genes that allowed humankind to survive epic disasters. Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Ajgp0SBlSj-K62ugUwIRYQ#/registration 🎧 Free 📚reading event hosted by @canpkuplus.bsky.social virtually!
Advocates for healthcare access meet with Schumer staff to represent the rare disease community and demand fair representation.
Jennifer J. Brown interview on Dr. Kee Chan's "What Is Public Health" podcast about Brown's new book, "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes and Genes"
Nobel Prize winning scientist Barbara McClintock's advice in "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes and Genes" by Jennifer J. Brown.
Congregation of Alligators in the Everglades, Florida, US.
Drawings by Jennifer Brown at Saatchi Art https://www.saatchiart.com/jjbrown
Almost Heaven Avocado - plant-based breakfast. More about superfoods + the magic of plants in Jennifer J Brown's book on having daughters with #PKU (a medically protein-limited diet for life) "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes" https://tinyurl.com/4e2vdy63
Van Gogh sunflowers to celebrate Summer Solstice
Happy Birthday Barbara McClintock, June 16th. McClintock Letters initiative shares the importance of science like her research.
"When the Baby Is Not OK" Hopes & Genes" by Jennifer J. Brown, PhD, a memoir of having two daughters with the rare disease phenylketonuria and living well with PKU.
Siberian husky rescue adopted in NYC in her forever home, a moment of peace.
Dr. Barbara McClintock, Nobel Prize Laureate advice to a young scientists.
When the Baby Is Not OK - by Jennifer J. Brown, a geneticist mother's memoir of rare disease in the family with two daughters diagnosed with PKU, phenylketonuria. Available on Apple Books and most other book sellers. https://books.apple.com/us/book/when-the-baby-is-not-ok-hopes-genes/id6740871196
"Write Medicine" podcast episode on empathy and ethics is up! From Diagnosis to Advocacy: What Rare Disease Teaches Us About CME. With host Alexandra Howson and guest, scientist author Jennifer J Brown..
nature lives ever impartial to desires haunts, flirting with bias (Haiku on iris beauty and evolution - J.J. Brown)