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 remained after study discontinuation with different jobs over water. He now lives in Brooklyn and writes a weekly column for the NEW YORK PRESS.

He suffers from an incurable eye disease ( retinitis pigmentosa ), which leaves him blind slowly.

Works

• Slackjaw - A Memoir, Tarcher / Putnam, Feb 1999 German Blind Fish, Random House 2002, ISBN 3498035037
• Quitting the Nairobi Trio, Tarcher / Putnam, 2000, German nuthouse, Random House 2002, ISBN 3499242699
• Ruining It for Everybody, Tarcher / Penguin, February 2004
• The Buzzing ( a novel ), Vintage, March 2003
• Unplugging Philco ( a novel ), Simon & Schuster, April 2009, ISBN 1-4165-9284-9