 William Bronk's first book, "Light and Dark," was published in 1956, Gary Snyder's "Riprap," in 1959.Corman published translation of classic Japanese poetry like Matsuo Bashō's "Cool Melon" (1959) and poetry by Shinpei Kusano (1903–88), "Selected Frogs" (1963).Among Cid Corman's own books, "Sun Rock Man," (Origin Press, 1962) is singled out by Michael Carlson of the "Guardian" as "his best collection of poetry".