A report on Six Gallery reading
Important poetry event that took place on Friday, October 7, 1955, at 3119 Fillmore Street in San Francisco.
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Beat Generation
10 linksLiterary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
When asked by Wally Hedrick to organize the Six Gallery reading, Ginsberg wanted Rexroth to serve as master of ceremonies, in a sense to bridge generations.
Allen Ginsberg
8 linksAmerican poet and writer.
American poet and writer.
Wally Hedrick—a painter and co-founder of the Six Gallery—approached Ginsberg in mid-1955 and asked him to organize a poetry reading at the Six Gallery.
Wally Hedrick
4 linksSeminal American artist in the 1950s California counterculture, gallerist, and educator who came to prominence in the early 1960s.
Seminal American artist in the 1950s California counterculture, gallerist, and educator who came to prominence in the early 1960s.
Hedrick was also a key figure in the first important public manifestation of the Beat Generation when he helped to organize the Six Gallery Reading, and created the first artistic denunciation of American foreign policy in Vietnam.
Gary Snyder
6 linksAmerican man of letters.
American man of letters.
Snyder read his poem "A Berry Feast" at the poetry reading at the Six Gallery in San Francisco (October 7, 1955) that heralded what was to become known as the San Francisco Renaissance.
Howl (poem)
6 linksPoem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1954–1955 and published in his 1956 collection Howl and Other Poems.
Poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1954–1955 and published in his 1956 collection Howl and Other Poems.
The poem was first performed at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on October 7, 1955.
Michael McClure
3 linksAmerican poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist.
American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist.
After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955, which was rendered in barely fictionalized terms in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums.
Kenneth Rexroth
6 linksAmerican poet, translator, and critical essayist.
American poet, translator, and critical essayist.
With Rexroth acting as master of ceremonies, Allen Ginsberg, Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen performed at the famous Six Gallery reading on October 7, 1955.
San Francisco Renaissance
5 linksUsed as a global designation for a range of poetic activity centered on San Francisco, which brought it to prominence as a hub of the American poetry avant-garde in the 1950s.
Used as a global designation for a range of poetic activity centered on San Francisco, which brought it to prominence as a hub of the American poetry avant-garde in the 1950s.
Snyder and Whalen, along with Michael McClure, were among the poets who performed at the famous Six Gallery poetry reading that Kenneth Rexroth organized in San Francisco on October 13 (or October 7, sources vary), 1955.
Philip Whalen
4 linksAmerican poet, Zen Buddhist, and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and close to the Beat generation.
American poet, Zen Buddhist, and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and close to the Beat generation.
He read at the famous Six Gallery reading in 1955 that marked the launch of the West Coast Beats into the public eye.
Philip Lamantia
3 linksAmerican poet and lecturer.
American poet and lecturer.
He was on the bill at San Francisco's Six Gallery on October 7, 1955, when poet Allen Ginsberg read his poem Howl for the first time.