David Carr (2) (1956–2015)
Auteur van The Night of the Gun
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Over de Auteur
David Carr was born on September 8, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received degrees in psychology and journalism from the University of Minnesota. He worked for an alternative weekly, Twin Cities Reader, and the Washington City Paper, before moving to New York. He wrote about media for a toon meer website, Inside.com, and was a contributing writer for publications including The Atlantic Monthly and New York magazine. He joined The New York Times in 2002 as a business reporter covering magazine publishing. He wrote about cultural subjects for The Times including the feature known as The Carpetbagger and a column entitled The Media Equation. His book, The Night of the Gun, was published in 2008 and dealt with the time in his life when he was addicted to crack cocaine. He died on February 12, 2015 at the age of 58. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Carr, David
- Officiële naam
- Carr, David Michael
- Geboortedatum
- 1956-09-08
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2015-02-12
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Hopkins, Minnesota, USA - Opleiding
- University of Minnesota (BA|Psychology and Journalism|1981)
- Beroepen
- journalist
- Organisaties
- New York Times
Twin Cities Reader
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Simon & Schuster (1)
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- 3
- Leden
- 701
- Populariteit
- #36,120
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
- 32
- ISBNs
- 168
- Talen
- 5
As I finished this very moving book I couldn't help but think how much more difficult David Carr's struggle to leave the life of drug dependency would be today than it was 20 years ago when he was trying to raise his daughters as a single parent. In those days he was able to pick up enough freelance writing gigs to keep his recovery and his life going. Today that would be so much more difficult for a writer. As is landing a professional journalism job. The newsrooms have really hollowed out since then. I am also reminded of how many alcoholics there must be who cannot face this truth, as Carr himself took so long to understand. That he was not normal. That few alcoholics admit as much to themselves. Carr's story could have ended up much worse than it has. Alcohol is such a scourge.… (meer)