Origin Magazine, Beat journals, and small-press networks (1951–1960)

1. Origin magazine founded by Cid Corman

   Mar 1, 1951Labels: Cid Corman, Origin magazine

   • Origin magazine
   • Secret Location

2. Origin’s first series begins regular publication

   Mar 1, 1951Labels: Origin magazine

   • Secret Location
   • Origin magazine

3. City Lights Bookstore co-founded in San Francisco

   Jan 1, 1953Labels: City Lights, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

   • City Lights
   • PBS SoCal

4. Divers Press begins in Mallorca as parallel small-press

   Jan 1, 1953Labels: Divers Press, Robert Creeley

   • Secret Location
   • RealityStudio

5. Black Mountain Review launches under Robert Creeley

   Jan 1, 1954Labels: Black Mountain, Robert Creeley

   • OpenEdition
   • RealityStudio

6. City Lights Pocket Poets Series begins publishing

   Aug 1, 1955Labels: City Lights

   • Pocket Poets
   • City Lights

7. Howl and Other Poems published by City Lights

   Nov 1, 1956Labels: Howl, Allen Ginsberg

   • Howl and Other
   • Howl

8. Evergreen Review founded at Grove Press

   Jan 1, 1957Labels: Evergreen Review, Grove Press

   • Evergreen Review
   • KU Archives

9. Black Mountain Review #7 spotlights Beat-linked writers

   Sep 1, 1957Labels: Black Mountain

   • BMC Museum
   • UDel Exhibit

10. Judge rules Howl not obscene in landmark case

    Oct 3, 1957Labels: Howl trial, Judge Clayton

    • Howl
    • Howl and Other

11. Origin’s first series ends, prompting network transition

    Dec 1, 1957Labels: Origin magazine

    • Secret Location
    • Origin magazine

12. Origin Press publishes Gary Snyder’s Riprap

    Jan 1, 1959Labels: Origin Press, Gary Snyder

    • Origin magazine
    • Biblio

13. Origin Press publishes Louis Zukofsky’s A 1–12

    Jan 1, 1959Labels: Origin Press, Louis Zukofsky

    • Origin magazine
    • Biblio

14. Beatitude launches as a local mimeographed Beat journal

    May 9, 1959Labels: Beatitude, San Francisco

    • Beatitude