His Slackjaw column drew on his life, which included going blind and being locked up in a psychiatric ward. Two of his books were praised by Thomas Pynchon.
His Slackjaw column drew on his life, which included going blind and being locked up in a psychiatric ward. Two of his books were praised by Thomas Pynchon. Knipfel, Jim, Deaths (Obituaries), Writing and Writers, Books and Literature, Blindness, Slackjaw (Book), Ruining It for Everybody (Book), Quitting the Nairobi Trio (Book), Noogies Time to Shine (Movie)