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Six Gallery reading in 1955 that marked the launch of the West Coast Beats into the public eye. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ "Big Sur" he is called "Ben Fagan".<unk> "Big Sur" he is called "Ben Fagan". Whalen's poetry was featured in Donald Allen's anthology "The New American Poetry 1945-1960".<unk> Whalen's poetry was featured in Donald Allen's anthology "The New American Poetry 1945-1960".