Jim Knipfel’s Slackjaw

Jim Knipfel began writing the acclaimed Slackjaw column for Philadelphia’s Welcomat in 1987.  Slackjaw moved to the New York Press in 1993, where it ran until June 2006.

      Jim is the author of two novels -- The Buzzing (Vintage Contemporaries, 2003) and Noogie's Time to Shine: A True Crime Novel (Virgin Books, 2007) -- and three memoirs -- Slackjaw (Tarcher/Putnam, 1999); Quitting the Nairobi Trio (Tarcher/Putnam, 2000); and Ruining It for Everybody (Tarcher/Putnam, 2004).

      Thomas Pynchon called Slackjaw “An extraordinary emotional ride.” and Knipfel “a born storyteller” with “an amiably deranged sense of humor.”  Electron Press is delighted to undertake regular publication of Slackjaw on this page.