<prompt> Feleletša polelo e latelago: O belegetšwe Portland, Oregon, Whalen o goletše The Dalles go tloga ge a be a e-na le nywaga e mene go fihlela ge a boela Portland ka 1941. O ile a hlankela Mašole a Difofane a United States nakong ya Ntwa ya II ya Lefase. O ile a tsena Reed College ka thušo ya baithaopi ba Amerika. Moo, o ile a kopana le Gary Snyder le Lew Welch, gomme a aloga ka BA ka 1951. O ile a bala puku e tumilego  <response>: Mmalo wa Six Gallery ka 1955 wo o ilego wa swaya go tsebatšwa ga West Coast Beats phatlalatša. O tšwelela, ka sebopego seo e sego sa boikgopolelo, e le semelo sa Warren Coughlin ka go The Dharma Bums ya Jack Kerouac, yeo e akaretšago pego ya go bala moo. Kua Big Sur o bitšwa Ben Fagan. Dikanegelo tša Whalen di ile tša tšwelela ka go anthology ya Donald Allen ya The New American Poetry 1945-1960. 