Jim Knipfel
Jim Knipfel (born June 2, 1965 in Green Bay , Wisconsin ) is an American writer .
Life
He studied at the University of Minnesota and after dropping out , kept himself afloat with various jobs. He now lives in Brooklyn and writes a weekly column for the NEW YORK PRESS .
He suffers from an incurable eye disease ( retinopathia pigmentosa ) that is slowly making him blind .
Works
- Slackjaw - A Memoir , Tarcher / Putnam, Feb 1999, German Blindfisch , Rowohlt Verlag 2002, ISBN 3498035037
- Quitting the Nairobi Trio , Tarcher / Putnam, 2000, German Klapsmühle , Rowohlt Verlag 2002, ISBN 3499242699
- Ruining It for Everybody , Tarcher / Penguin, Feb 2004
- The Buzzing (a novel), Vintage, March 2003
- Unplugging Philco (a novel), Simon & Schuster, April 2009, ISBN 1-4165-9284-9
- These Children Who Come at You with Knives and Other Fairy Tales, Simon & Schuster, June 2010, ISBN 9781439154120
Web links
- Literature by and about Jim Knipfel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Electron Press - Knipfel's latest articles online (in English)
- Slackjaw Online - a collection of Knipfel's columns from 1990 to 2004
- "The Mayor of Hostile City" - June 2000 article by Sam Adams of the Philadelphia Citypaper on Jim Knipfel
- "Dark Victory" - Interview from July 2004 by Christopher Dreher on salon.com with Jim Knipfel
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Knipfel, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Green Bay , Wisconsin |