In 1938, while enrolled at the University of Cincinnati, Lowry served as editor for a university-sponsored chapbook entitled The Little Man (whose credits claim it "was established in the Fall of 1937 by some students," although the contents were copyrighted under Lowry's name).
After Flora accepted a job offer from Columbia Records in 1942 and moved to Connecticut, Lowry continued to sporadically publish titles under a succession of revived Little Man imprints.