David Carr Talks Booze, the Times and Star Trek

David Carr is a media columnist for the New York Times, but he's also a recovering drug addict whose journey to the vaunted offices of the country's largest paper nearly killed him. His memoir, Night of the Gun, recounts the author's long, murky descent into crack and alcohol abuse back in the 1980s, his recovery in the 90s, and his miraculously successful efforts to rebuild a life for himself in the 2000s.

Here Carr talks with Rachel Sklar of the Daily Beast about some of the topics nearest and dearest to him:

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Posted on 06/16/09 in Hard Times

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David Carr Talks Booze, the Times and Star Trek

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