A Nod Of Approval: The music and poetry of Jim Carroll
Gerrie Lim, Orange County Review, June 1986
"I'VE ALWAYS CONSIDERED myself a poet first," Jim Carroll says, his slightly cracked voice resounding clearly over the phone from New York. "That's what brings tears to my eyes when I'm doing it right."
Total word count of piece: 1311
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