Unless you've known me since I was a teenager then you might not know that I am HUGE fangirl of the poet Jim Carroll. As a teen I read all his books and poems over and over and over. I sent him letters every year for his birthday. For a time, my uncle lived on Inwood park, very close to where Jim hung out as a teen. I must have mentioned this in one of the letters I sent him. On December 23, 1998 I received this letter back from Jim. He wrote me this tiny note and drew a map on the back of the envelope detailing locations in the Inwood neighborhood. .
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.This letter has been in a box of much loved correspondence, though I've been meaning to/thinking of getting it framed for years. You better believe I'm going to have that done this year, over 20 years later. .
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