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Article: N.Y. Times columnist shops addiction story.(Inside Moves)(New York)(David Carr)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
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- June 8, 2006
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Ever since ascending to the pulpit of Monday Business Day columnist at the New York Times, David Carr has wielded a lot of influence. He's written about the foibles of the newspaper biz, gently chided Michael Eisner for his new TV gig and described the "illusion" and "lusty fashion" that characterized "Crash's" celebration of its Oscar win.
Now he's looking to tell a different story: his own tale of drug addiction.
Insiders say Carr is shopping a book proposal about the period in his life when he was an addict.
In the post-James Frey era, aren't recovery memoirs supposed to be verboten? Perhaps. But according to one insider, the story will be ...