Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I pānuihia e Snyder tana whitiāhua "A Berry Feast" i te pānui poem i te Six Gallery
i San Francisco (Oketopa 7, 1955) i whakapuaki i te mea i mohiotia ko te San Francisco Renaissance. I tohu hoki tenei i te whakauru tuatahi a Snyder ki nga Beats, ahakoa ehara ia i te mema o te porowhita taketake o New York, engari i uru ki te waahi na tana hononga ki a Kenneth Rexroth. E ai ki te kōrero a Kerouac i roto i "Dharma Bums", ahakoa i te 25 o ona tau, i whakaaro a Snyder ka whai wāhi ia ki te hui whakaharahara o te Uru me te Rawhiti. Ko te pukapuka tuatahi a Snyder, "Riprap", i ahu mai i ana wheako hei kaitiaki ngahere me te roopu ara i Yosemite, i whakaputaina i te 1959.