The Basketball Diaries | Essays and Criticism

  • Carroll's Use of Extremes in The Basketball Diaries

    Poquette has a bachelor’s degree in English and specializes in writing about literature. In the following essay, Poquette discusses Carroll’s use of extremes in The Basketball Diaries.

  • The Poet as Rebel

    France holds an M.S.L.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in history from Temple University. He is a librarian, college counselor, and teacher at University Liggett School and teaches writing at Macomb Community College near Detroit, Michigan. In the following essay, France discusses both historical context and the tradition of the poet as rebel in The Basketball Diaries.

  • The Destructive Rift Between an Adolescent Young Man and the Adult Society Around Him

    Dupler has published numerous essays and has taught college English. In this essay, Dupler analyzes the destructive rift between an adolescent young man and the adult society around him.

  • Lord Jim

    In the following interview-essay, Williams offers background on Carroll's life and career with comments from Carroll on the occasion of the film release of The Basketball Diaries.