Jim Carroll backstage at the Public Theater, New York City, September 1984. c. Allen Ginsberg Estate
Announcing an upcoming reading in New York at The Poetry Project, Feb 10. 2010, at St Mark’s Church
“Poet, autobiographer and musician Jim Carroll (1949-2009) was a consistent and brilliant presence around the Poetry Project since he first read here in 1968. We will never forget his kindness, his generosity or his humor. Please join us as some of his closest friends pay tribute to him. With Bill Berkson, Todd Colby, Anselm Berrigan, Richard Hell, Lenny Kaye, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Patti Smith, Anne Waldman and others
update – reading took place in a snow-storm but for more Jim Carroll – see here