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 three novels -- The Buzzing (Vintage Contemporaries, 2003); Noogie's Time to Shine (Virgin Books, 1997); and The Blow-Off (Simon and Schuster, 2011) -- three memoirs -- Slackjaw (Tarcher/Putnam, 1999); Quitting the Nairobi Trio (Tarcher/Putnam, 2000); and Ruining It for Everybody
(Tarcher/Putnam, 2004); -- and a short story collection -- These Children Who Come at You With Knives, and Other Fairy Tales (Simon & Schuster, 2010).
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.
An extensive archive of earlier Slackjaw
columns from 1990 through 2006 is
available here.
An interview with Jim Knipfel is
available here.
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Jim Knipfel's new novel |
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July 19, 2009
Unplugging Philco |
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July 12, 2009
is available now |
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July 5, 2009
Read an excerpt |
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