David Carr Memoir

David Carr On Relapse, Misogyny, HBO's "The Wire": Our Interview

Huffington Post | Adam Rose | Posted 09.24.2008 | Media


To say New York Times media columnist David Carr has had a troubled past would be an understatement. A former crack addict, he beat cancer to gain cus...

New York Times Reviews — And Loves! — Timesman's Book

New York Times | Pete Hamill | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media


This fierce, self-lacerating tale opens on the morning after St. Patrick's Day, 1987, in Minneapolis. David Carr, a young newspaperman, is being issue...

Will David Carr's Night Of The Gun Save The Memoir?

New York Observer | Leon Neyfakh | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media


t's not immediately clear when you get to the end of NYT columnist David Carr's new book, The Night of the Gun, whether you've just seen the memoir re...

David Carr Memoir Excerpt: From Crack Addict To The New York Times

New York Times Magazine | David Carr | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media


On the face of it, I am no more qualified to take my own inventory than the addict with the fetid dreads who spare-changes people on the subway while ...

New York Times Columnist David Carr's Memoir On Crack Addiction, Recovery: Excerpt

New York Magazine/Daily Intel | Posted 05.17.2008 | Media


We just got our hands on an early, early copy of New York Times columnist David Carr's memoir, The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darke...