The Cool School: Writing From America's Hip Underground by Glenn O'Brien

Author:Glenn O'Brien [O'Brien, Glenn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literary Collections, American, General, Social Science, Popular Culture, Art, Music, Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781598532883
Google: yYNdAQAAQBAJ
Publisher: Library of America
Published: 2013-10-16T11:00:00+00:00

Seymour Krim

(1922–1989)

When I was twelve years old I wanted to be a beatnik because of the character Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. By the time I was fourteen my inspiration was Seymour Krim’s paperback anthology The Beats—a collection of what he called “fantastic crazy nutty grim honest liberating fertilizing writing”—which made that scene look more glamorous than Peter Gunn. There’s no greater advocate than a convert and Krim, who came to Beat from the mainstream milieu of Commentary and The Hudson Review, brought to the scene the enthusiasm of a St. Paul. You can feel it in “Making It!,” from Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer. It worked for me. Thanks Seymour, thanks Maynard.

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