This page provides an overview of literary works by, about, and recommended by Jim Carroll. Click on the main headings or individual books to view details.
Diaries & Fiction (books)
Limited Editions & Broadsides
Translations
Anthologies
Photography Books
Collaborations with other writers
Cultural Context: Biographies & Histories
Books influenced by Jim Carroll
Books Recommended by Jim Carroll
Hearts and Sinew
Published: April 2021
By: Jim Carroll
Publisher: Avenida Blue
This limited-edition, hand-bound, archival quality book contains two previously unpublished poems Carroll wrote in 2003. The poems are inspired by two Sherlock Holmes stories, “The Cardboard Box” and “The Final Problem,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and are part of an unfinished larger project. Learn more . . .
The Petting Zoo: A Novel
Published: November 8, 2010
By: Jim Carroll
Publisher: Viking Penguin
Carroll was putting the finishing touches on his first novel, The Petting Zoo, when he passed away in 2009. Protagonist Billy Wolfram, a hot young artist in late 1980s NYC, suffers a psychological and spiritual breakdown while viewing the Met’s Velasquez retrospective and desperately tries to regain his connection to the divine. Learn more . . .
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Also available as an audio book.
Void of Course
Published: 1998
By: Jim Carroll
Publisher: Penguin Poets
Carroll’s last collection of poetry, released in October 1998. Includes “8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain.” (113 pages) Learn more . . .
Fear of Dreaming: The Selected Poems of Jim Carroll
Published: 1993, 1998
By: Jim Carroll
Publisher: Penguin Poets
This 273-page collection includes all of the poems from Living at the Movies, most of The Book of Nods, and 15 previously unpublished works, including “Curtis’s Charm” and “Praying Mantis.” Learn more . . .
 Fear of Dreaming: The Selected Poems of Jim Carroll Published: 1993, 1998 By: Jim CarrollPublisher: Penguin Books Description: This 273-page collection includes all of the poems from Living at the Movies, most of The Book of Nods, and 15 new works, including “Curtis’s Charm” and “Praying Mantis.” | ||||
The Petting Zoo | The Basketball Diaries | Forced Entries | ||
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Void of Course | Fear of Dreaming | The Book of Nods | ||
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Living at the Movies | 4 Ups and 1 Down | Organic Trains | ||
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French | French | Italian | Italian |  Japanese |
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Finnish |  Unknown |  Spanish? | Norwegian |  Czech |
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Angels, Anarchists & Gods | The Love Book | Resistance to Memory | Future Pop: Music for the Eighties |
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A Crackup at the Race Riots | On the Level Everyday: Selected Talks on Poetry and the Art of Living |
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Still Can’t See Nothin’ Comin’: A Novel Daniel Grey Marshall (March 2001)”Dan Marshall’s writing has the gritty purity and passion that can only be found in a first novel, not to mention an engrossing story. He shows not only talent, but a remarkable sense of judgment for his age.” –Jim Carroll | The Sonnets (Poets, Penguin) Ted Berrigan (October 2000)Jim Carroll and others read from The Sonnets at the St. Mark’s Poetry Project in NYC on October 15, 2000. | Birth Of The Cool: Beat, Bebop, and the American Avant Garde Lewis MacAdams (February 2001)”A dead-on hit!” –Jim Carroll |
Thanks to Amme for her invaluable assistance on these pages!