Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries: 1971-1973
Jim Carroll’s bestselling memoirThe Basketball Diarieswas 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.