Jim Carroll

James Dennis "Jim" Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an 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.
== Bibliography ==
Poetry
* Organic Trains (1967)
* 4 Ups and 1 Down (1970)
* Living at the Movies (1973)
* The Book of Nods (1986)
* Fear of Dreaming (1993)
* Void of Course: Poems 1994-1997 (1998) 
Prose
* The Basketball Diaries (1978)
* The Downtown Diaries (1987)
* The Petting Zoo (forthcoming Fall 2010)
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