Lawrence Ferlinghetti had been studying for a doctorate at the Sorbonne and, while in Paris, met Kenneth Rexroth, who later persuaded him to go to San Francisco to experience the growing literary scene there.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti si robil doktorát na Sorbonne a v Paríži stretol Kennetha Rexrotha, ktorý ho neskôr nasledoval do San Francisca, aby pomáhali rastu tamojšej literárnej scény.