Arthur Winfield Knight passed away on September 7, 2012, of liver cancer. He was 74.

Arthur was an educator, having spent over thirty years teaching English and Creative Writing. To Beat Generation fans he will always be remembered as a scholar and publisher who kept the Beats alive with his anthology, Unspeakable Visions of The Individual.

An avid writer, he wrote multiple books of fiction, in particular The Darkness Starts Up Where You Stand (1997).

"Arthur Knight has written a serious book of fiction that accurately and intensely reflects a woman's plight after the loss of her husband and her mesmerizing descent into addiction. Reading the pages of this slender (102 pages) novel is like watching a train wreck in slow motion. The Darkness Starts Up Where You Stand is highly recommended for devotees of significant, contemporary fiction." -- Midwest Book Review