May 30, 2010
Canonize This Jew: A Tribute to Seymour Krim
An original literary hipster should not be forgotten
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Seymour Krim in 1959 outside his home in the East Village
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Fred W. McDarrah, Getty Images
Seymour Krim in 1959 outside his home in the East Village
In 1993 I became the customer of a near-lunatic who guarded the most dejected-looking, flimsy, poorly stocked book table in New York City. In hindsight, it was the perfect setting for a fairy-tale discovery. The vendor displayed barely a dozen items, including a yellowing 1961 paperback called Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer, by someone named Seymour Krim. What was in it? The cover said it all: "Sex Suicide Homosexuality Sportswriting Jews Negroes Jazz Genius Insanity New York: The
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