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A conversation with Jim Carroll, author of The Basketball Diaries

BROADCAST: Feb. 16, 1981 | DURATION: 00:48:11

Synopsis

The punk poet and musician describes how his imagination and his love of literature led him to view the world with a unique perspective, different than that of his working-class family and neighborhood friends.

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

 

Details

Broadcast Date
Feb. 16, 1981

Duration
48 minutes, 11 seconds

Topics

Poetry Music - Rock & Pop Urban Life

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Authors, Writers

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Carroll, Jim--Interviews Poets Rock music Audiotapes Radio programs Carroll, Jim--Interviewee WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)

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