Ku sii qor faqradan - Lamantia wuxuu ka mid ahaa gabayaaga ka dambeeyay Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka oo hadda mararka qaarkood loo yaqaan San Francisco Renaissance, ka dibna wuxuu ku lug lahaa gabayaaga San Francisco Beat Generation iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqa Surrealist ee Mareykanka. waxa uu ka soo muuqday biilka San Francisco Six Gallery
Oktoobar 7, 1955, markii Abwaan Allen Ginsberg uu akhriyay gabaygiisii "Howl" markii ugu horeysay. Xafladan, Lamantia waxa uu doortay in uu akhriyo gabayadii John Hoffman, oo ahaa saaxiibkeed dhawaan dhintay. Ururinta gabayada Hoffman ee "Socdaalka ilaa dhamaadka" (oo ay ku jiraan gabayadii uu Lamantia ka akhriyay Six Gallery) waxaa daabacay City Lights Bookstore sanadkii 2008, oo ay weheliyaan Lamantia "Tau", oo ah gabayada gabayada sidoo kale laga soo bilaabo badhtamihii kontonkii. "Tau" lama daabicin inta uu noolaa Lamantia.