Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te mutunga o te 1950, ko Manuel Neri he mema o te whare whakairoiro mahi tahi a te kaitoi,
Ko te Whare Whakaatu Ono i San Francisco, me Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, me ētahi atu kaitoi. I te Oketopa 1955, i awhina ia ki te whakarite i te panui "6 Poets at 6 Gallery" Six Gallery, he huihuinga rongonui o te waa Beat i whakawhiwhia ai e Allen Ginsberg te panui tuatahi a Howl. I te tau 1959, he mema taketake a Neri o te Rat Bastard Protective Association a Bruce Conner. I nga tau 1960, i honoa ia ki te Whakaaturanga Whakaahua o te Rohe Bay. I marenatia ia ki te kaitoi o Bay Area a Joan Brown mai i te 1962 ki te 1966, ahakoa ko to raua hononga me te mahi tahi toi i hoki mai i etahi tau i mua atu i tenei.