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James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries , which inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll, and his 1980 song "People Who Died" with the Jim Carroll Band.
Yet when Jim Carroll hits unselfconscious grooves, his writing has a beautiful rhythm, and a burning honesty. [1] The New York Times critic Christopher Lehmann-Haupt said, "Despite the maturing voice of Forced Entries , the two diaries remain similar in their quest for extreme sensations and their eagerness to shock the reader.
James H. Carroll (c. 1876–1950), American politician; James Milton Carroll (1852–1931), Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author; James T. Carroll (California politician) (1877–1939), member of the Los Angeles City Council; James T. Carroll (New York politician) (1875–1940), member of the New York State Assembly; James W. Carroll ...
The book was made into a film of the same name in 1995 starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll and Mark Wahlberg as Mickey. [2] Roger Ebert noted in his 1995 review of the adaptation that Carroll's original memoir "struck a personal note, of a kid who despite his suffering tried to turn his experience into poetry".
Name Birth Death Field or notable accomplishment Abishur Prakash: 1991: living: geopolitical futurist, author Adrian Berry: 1937: 2016: writer, journalist Alan Marshall
State Rep. Mary Morrissey publicly apologized to state Rep. Jim Carroll, colleagues and the citizens of Vermont from the House floor on Monday. Both are from Bennington, a town of about 15,000 in ...
James Stewart Carroll, head of school for the National Child Research Center, is facing one count of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, according to a criminal complaint unsealed ...
James Mangold misses the era when movies weren’t embarrassed to make audiences feel something. The director of the Bob Dylan musical biopic “A Complete Unknown” and comic book adaptation ...