Gary Snyder was one of the original Beat poets, and along with Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Alan Watts helped to shape modern poetry and to fuel the cultural revolution of the 1960's. ... The other poets were Phillip Lamantia, Mike McClure, Allen Ginsberg, Phil Whalen, and Jack Kerouac who decided not to read. Six Gallery 6 POETS AT 6 GALLERY -------------------- Philip Lamantia reading mss. of late John Hoffman-- Mike McClure, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder & Phil Whalen--all sharp new straightforward writing-- remarkable coll- ection of angels on one stage reading their po...

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He had several friends whom also participated in the group such as Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, and William S. ... Jack Kerouac and Allan Ginsberg were the best-known figures of the Beat Movement. ... "His friends loved the manuscript, and Ginsberg asked his Columbia professor to find a publisher-(Lit Kicks: Jack Kerouac). ...

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(Snyder relationship with JK) when he was first approached by Allen Ginsberg while working in the backyard of his home. Ginsberg invited Snyder, along with many other influential members of the counterculture (such as McClure, Whalen, Ginsberg, and Kerouac) to read his poetry in a San Francisco club. ...

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