Snyder iyo Whalen, oo ay weheliyaan Michael McClure, waxay ka mid ahaayeen gabayaaga ka soo qayb galay madasha caanka ah ee Six Gallery poetry reading
in Kenneth Rexroth uu abaabulay San Francisco Oktoobar 13 (ama Oktoobar 7, ilo kala duwan), 1955. Akhrintani waxay calaamad u ahayd soo bixitaanka buuxda ee San Francisco Renaissance ee miyirka dadweynaha waxayna gacan ka geysatay dhisida sumcadda magaalada oo ah xarun dhaqdhaqaaq ka dhan ah dhaqanka oo soo ifbaxay sannadihii hippie ee 1960-yadii. Sheeko gaaban oo ku saabsan dhacdadan waxay ka kooban tahay cutubka labaad ee Jack Kerouac 1958 buuggiisa "The Dharma Bums". waxa uu ku tilmaamay akhrinta caanka ah ee Allen Ginsberg gabaygiisa "Howl". Kerouac iyo Ginsberg ayaa kasoo qeybgalay aqriska iyagoo ay la socdeen saaxiibo gabayaaga ah.