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Slackjaw
Jim Knipfel (pronounced Kah-nipfel; born June 2, 1965) is an Americans, American novelist, autobiographer, and journalist. A native of Wisconsin, Knipfel, who suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, is the author of three memoirs, ''Slackjaw'', ''Quitting the Nairobi Trio'', and ''Ruining It for Everybody''; as well as two novels, ''The Buzzing'', and ''Noogie's Time to Shine''. He wrote news stories, film and music reviews, the crime blotter, and feature articles until June 13, 2006, for the weekly alternative newspaper ''New York Press'', where he was the only staff writer. He also wrote the long-running "Slackjaw" column for the ''Press''. The first edition of "Slackjaw" appeared on October 25, 1987, in the ''Welcomat'', a Philadelphia weekly (later renamed the ''Philadelphia Weekly''), where he also reviewed restaurants and art exhibits. Youth and early career Knipfel was born on June 2, 1965, in Grand Forks, North Dakota on the American air base where his father was then station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Press
''New York Press'' was a free alternative weekly in New York City, which was published from 1988 to 2011. The ''Press'' strove to create a rivalry with the ''Village Voice''. ''Press'' editors claimed to have tried to hire away writer Nat Hentoff from the ''Voice''. Liz Trotta of ''The Washington Post'' compared the rivalry to a similar sniping between certain publications in the eighteenth-century British press, such as the ''Analytical Review'' and its self-styled nemesis, the '' Anti-Jacobin Review''. The founder, Russ Smith, was a conservative who wrote a long column called "Mugger" in every issue, but did not promote just a right-wing viewpoint in the publication. The paper's weekly circulation in 2006 topped 100,000, compared to about 250,000 for the ''Village Voice'', but this total fell to 20,000 by the end of the paper's run. The ''Press'' touted a Manhattan-focused, controlled distribution system while a good portion of the ''Village Voice''s circulation is outside t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |