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Jim Carroll
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American author, poet, and punk musician (1949–2009)

Also known as: James Dennis Carroll, James Dennis Russell, Джим Кэрролл, جيم كارول, 짐 캐럴, ジム・キャロル

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Known works

  • Get a (digital) life (2001)
  • The Basketball diaries (1978)
  • Selling online (1999)
  • Wenatchee River Basin fecal coliform bacteria total maximum daily load study (2005)
  • Nathan Hale