Basketball Diaries Jim Carroll Poems

The basketball diaries starring leonardo dicaprio the basketball diaries is based on the autobiographical book by poet and performance artist jim carroll.

Basketball diaries jim carroll poems. Jim carroll the basketball diaries. He grew up on the lower east side before moving with his family to upper manhattan when he was twelve. A collaborative poem published in ted berrigans in the early morning rain uncollected works 1 by jim carroll. Jim carroll was born in new york city and descended from three generations of irish catholic bartenders.

James dennis jim carroll august 1 1949 september 11 2009 was an american author poet autobiographer and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work the basketball diaries which was made into the 1995 film of the same name starring leonardo dicaprio as carroll. James dennis jim carroll august 1 1949 september 11 2009 was an american author poet autobiographer and punk musician. I think of poetry and how i see it as just a raw block of stone ready to be shaped that way words are never a horrible limit to me just tools to shape jim carroll the basketball diaries 16 likes.

Carroll was born to a working class family of irish descent and grew up on new york citys. Includes an uncollected basketball diaries entry the authors note from the first edition of the basketball diaries and thgree poems. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work the basketball diaries which was made into the 1995 film of the same name starring leonardo dicaprio as carroll. There was a girl next to me who wasnt beautiful until she smiled and i felt that smile come at me in heat waves following soaking through my body and out my finger tips in shafts of color and i knew somewhere in the world somewhere that there was love for me.