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The Basketball Diaries is a 1978 memoir written by author and musician Jim Carroll. It is an edited collection of the diaries he kept between the ages of twelve and sixteen. The original classic story about growing up with drugs and sex and about learning to survive on the streets of New York--once again in print. An urban classic of coming of age.
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Editions
10 editions · 2 languages- Audiobook · English · 1994Audio Literature · 9780944993873
- Paperback · English · 1980Basketball DiariesBantam Books · 9780553202403
- Paperback · English · 1978Basketball DiariesBookpeople · 9780939180103
- Other · English · 2023Basketball DiariesLulu Press, Inc. · 9781446795361
- Other · English · 2001Basketball DiariesRebound by Sagebrush · 9780613132619
- Other · English · 1995Penguin (Non-Classics) · 224 pages · 9780140249996
American PoetsBiographyChildhood and youthEntertainersPoets, AmericanGeneralPoets, biographyEntertainers, united states
