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Self-Examination: David Carr

Photo by Helayne Seidman for The Washington Post YOU MIGHT KNOW David Carr as a renowned columnist for The New York Times, but perhaps you're less familiar with his past. David Carr the journalist was once David Carr the crack addict, and using his journalistic skills he deftly sums up his harrowing experiences in a new book, "The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own."

Using sixty taped interviews and medical records and after reporting for three years, Carr acts as an investigative journalist reporting on himself, and thereby shares his most intimate experiences as an addict, a parent and cancer survivor.

See him tonight at Olsson's discussing his courageous piece of work.

» Olsson's Books and Music, 1307 19th St. NW; Wed., Sept. 17., 7 p.m., free; (202) 785-1133. (Dupont Circle)

Photo by Helayne Seidman for The Washington Post

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