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42: 425:, Knipfel explains that although he has had hallucinations in the past, "they've always faded in time", and yet the hallucinatory events of those first few days, as he settled into the psychiatric ward, are easier for him to recall than very recent events, because these hallucinations mysteriously have "a tenacity and clarity unattributable to any simple unconscious reaction in the brain's biochemistry". 413:, a chronicle of the six months he spent in a locked psychiatric ward in Minneapolis following his last suicide attempt. Critics were largely impressed with Knipfel's second memoir, although there was one recurrent caveat: the chapters containing descriptions of Knipfel's personal hallucinations while at the ward did not work. Ellen Clegg in 541:
for their inconsiderate use of their baby strollers on the local sidewalks, provoking a strong reaction from readers according to Knipfel: "I can't remember anything like this - at least not since the early days". The Brooklyn blog Brownstoner wrote that Knipfel's "new rant about Park Slope stroller
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was completed in two weeks, and at 500 pages long it was largely a collection of several dozen independent stories drawn from his columns. Although Knipfel could not discern a greater theme in the first draft, his editor pointed out that the memoir generally chronicled his journey towards blindness.
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interview, he expressed bafflement at his multiple attempts at suicide: "I can't explain why I so many times, and how I did such a horrible job of it." In a 2003 interview with Leonard Lopate he said he'd found happiness and was too interested in life to attempt suicide again.
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In his teens, while the family was living in Green Bay, he suffered from bouts of severe depression. Between the ages of 14 and 22, Knipfel tried to kill himself twelve times. After his final suicide attempt he was committed to a locked-door
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Knipfel's childhood in Green Bay, Wisconsin is the subject of many of his essays, as well as his memoirs. He often recalls pleasant or defining moments from his youth, usually describing the state of his vision loss in those years.
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began publishing "Slackjaw" in October 2006, some of Knipfel's most notable columns have been, "History Lesson, Pt. 986", introducing Slackjaw's history; and "You Must Be Very Proud", about the inauguration of New York's first
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for many years and his mother worked in a variety of jobs. In his teens, he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called retinitis pigmentosa, which would progressively render him blind in later years. His first memoir,
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is about Roscoe Baragon, an aging journalist reduced to working the kook beat, who investigates an elaborate cover-up; the storyline was noted to contain similarities to Knipfel's former job at
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that he was finished writing memoirs, and instead would concentrate on fiction. His sentiment on his memoirs was: "I had three of them out before I was forty, and I think that's just asinine."
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At first Knipfel was dead set against writing a memoir, and was "content to publish in small publications" and quite "happy with the sheer disposability of newspaper writing", however, when
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Knipfel often spotlights death in his writing and has written columns complaining that obituaries do not do justice to notable people. He has complained about excessive media coverage of
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Knipfel writes that he planned, attempted, and committed many petty crimes in his youth. He wrote of a failed attempt to steal the corpse of the notorious American killer and graverobber
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as "an extraordinary emotional ride, through the lives and times of reader and writer alike, maniacally aglow with a born storyteller's gifts of observation". Roger K. Miller in
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as "a volume to set opposite all those chirpy, slurpy books on maximizing your potential, enhancing your self-esteem and accessing your inner powers" and Ellen Clegg in
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and Knipfel has admitted that "Roscoe, to put it simply, represents what I would like to be." Critical reception was mixed. According to Emily White in
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believed that while personal hallucinations are "important to the beholder don't always translate in the wider world" and Daphne Merkin in
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expressed how her interest flagged "only when went into lengthy descriptions of his wearyingly vivid dreams". In the introduction to
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summed it up succinctly as "a disease book with an attitude", elaborating that "Knipfel seems content to let the inner felon emerge."
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was well received by critics and was a popular success. A much-publicized blurb was provided by the reclusive novelist
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on the American air base where his father was then stationed. Before he was a year old, the Knipfel family moved to
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out of loyalty to his editor Derek Davis, but he began occasionally contributing articles and music reviews to
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Michael Hopkins (2000-05-14). "Psych ward sojourn offers entertaining peek into the human mind".
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with his then-wife Laura. He continued to write his weekly "Slackjaw" column for Philadelphia's
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editor David Groff offered him a book deal in 1997, after a decade of writing his column for
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A few years after his third memoir was published, Knipfel stated in a 2007 interview with
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Geeta Sharma-Jensen (1999-02-15). "Fate betrayed Knipfel, but he's not complaining".
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Jim Knipfel began writing the Slackjaw column for Philadelphia's Welcomat in 1987
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Laurence Daw (2003-05-20). "Laurence Daw interviews Jim Knipfel; The Buzzing".
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Ellen Clegg (2000-06-02). "Knipfel's latest is a study in self-destruction".
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Several other attempts at fiction by Knipfel were rejected before his novel
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Ellen Clegg (1999-02-11). "'Slackjaw' a disease book with an attitude".
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Writers tell the secrets of their workspace - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
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culture ... sets the bar high for future diatribes on the subject".
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Roger K. Miller (1999-02-14). "A comic raging against darkness".
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These Children Who Come at You with Knives, and Other Fairy Tales
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These Children Who Come at You With Knives and Other Fairy Tales
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without their permission. The prank earned a brief mention in
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With this theme in mind, Knipfel rewrote several drafts of
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clicked with a publisher; his first novel was released by
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He also wrote the long-running "Slackjaw" column for the
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Irving Malin (2003-06-22). "The Buzzing.(Book Review)".
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Jim Knipfel (1998). "Human, All too (Almost) Human". In
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and tried to get the editor of the alternative weekly
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"Knipfel, Jim". 834: 292:, interested in publishing "Slackjaw", but the 1045: 726:CONTEXT: A Forum for Literary Arts and Culture 444:and his fiction has been categorized as such. 1477:"THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: From Pooh to the Pope" 1175: 1024: 1022: 1268: 1253: 920: 918: 773:New York Calling: From Blackout to Bloomberg 736: 1554: 1535: 1516: 1497: 1409: 1394: 1335: 1283: 1160: 1109: 1049:(2000-05-22). "PW Talks with Jim Knipfel". 930:"Jim Knipfel shares his novel, The Buzzing" 789: 762: 695:Jim Knipfel (2001). "Working The Suit". In 694: 667: 651: 628: 619: 610: 594: 585: 576: 211:where his father continued to work for the 189:, a Philadelphia weekly (later renamed the 1206: 1019: 296:did not want to share the column with the 40: 1055:. Vol. 247, no. 21. p. 86. 915: 369:of this and subsequent works, describing 198: 1403: 1071: 565: 401:, Knipfel wrote two additional memoirs, 269:in Madison. However, Gein was buried in 1474: 1454:"BOOK OF THE DEAD: Last Round-Up, 2005" 1451: 1310: 1212: 924: 887: 885: 740:(2002). "Introduction by Jim Knipfel". 719: 512:In June 2006, Knipfel was fired by the 311:In 1993, after Davis was pushed out by 14: 1598: 824: 822: 599:. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin. 1621:People from Grand Forks, North Dakota 1428: 1218:"Jim Knipfel: Noogie's Time to Shine" 1041: 1039: 1037: 590:. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam. 581:. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam. 492:published his short story collection 392: 326: 203:Knipfel was born on June 2, 1965, in 882: 775:. London: Reaktion. pp. 42–52. 819: 24: 1271:The Review of Contemporary Fiction 1034: 240:He briefly studied physics at the 25: 1667: 1626:Writers from Green Bay, Wisconsin 1590:official website, Slackjaw Online 1582: 1414:. Mediabistro.com. Archived from 892:Christopher Dreher (2004-07-27). 300:. 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Thomas Pynchon
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