Jim Carroll (1949-2009) was an author, poet, and punk musician best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which was adapted into a film in 1995.
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In his teens, Jim Carroll roamed the streets of New York—shooting baskets with some of New York's best 'playground' stars and shooting heroin with some of the city's most memorable street characters. The Basketball Diaries is Carroll's chronicle of thos... SEE MORE