Sometimes miracles happen and Seymour Krim gets a little ink, as he does now in the British publication, Beat Scene, which features a profile on Seymour Krim in its new Winter 2010 issue.
The article is a workmanlike overview of Krim’s career, but its allegiance to the Beat interpretation of his life leads the writer to a regrettable error.
“Krim himself had what might be called an impeccable bohemian background,” writes Jim Burns.
Well, maybe. But let’s define our terms.
Krim’s father was a partner in the family-run Hanover Lunch Co. and Krim Realty Co., which developed property in Manhattan during the 1920s boom. Seymour was born into a prosperous and respectable Jewish family that starting falling apart after his father died of a heart attack and his mother committed suicide.
Now, maybe that is an impeccable bohemian background.
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