Jim Carroll

Writing

Born August 1, 1949 — Died September 11, 2009

From Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Also known as James Dennis Carroll

Biography

James Dennis "Jim" Carroll was an author, poet, autobiographer, actor and punk musician. He was the author of “The Basketball Diaries,” a cult-classic memoir of his drug-fueled misadventures as a teenager in the 1960s. Then he became a celebrated downtown poet; and then in 1980, the star of his own ...