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  • The Basketball Diaries: The Classic about Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean Streets

    The Basketball Diaries: The Classic about Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean Streets - Paperback

    The Basketball Diaries: The Classic about Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean Streets - Paperback

    By Jim Carroll

About Jim Carroll Books

Jim Carroll's bestselling memoir The Basketball Diaries was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in 1995. Carroll's work includes several collections of poetry as well as a asecond memoir, Forces Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973. As the leader of The Jim Carroll Band he released three albums as well as several spoken word recordings. He died in New York City on September 11, 2009.