An historic West Coast literary narrative written by someone who was there! Author Thomas R. Crowe presents Starting From San Francisco: Beats, Baby Beats & The 1970s San Francisco Renaissance.

This 250 page narrative published by Third Mind Books in Ann Arbor, Michigan explores the Bay Area and Northern California in the 70's when the author was the editor of Beatitude Press and Beatitude Magazine. Crowe provides a detailed history of the scene and the players, about whom little has been previously written.

Thomas Rain Crowe is an internationally known and published author of thirty books–including the ground-breaking anthology of contemporary Celtic-language poets Writing the Wind: A Celtic Resurgence and the multi-award winning memoir Zoro’s Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods. As an editor, he has been an instrumental force behind such magazines as Beatitude, Katuah Journal, and the Asheville Poetry Review. He is the founder and front-man for the poetry & music band Thomas Rain Crowe & The Boatrockers, whose recordings have been heralded by musicians Pete Townshend of The Who and Joy Harjo of Poetic Justice. His literary archives have been purchased and are collected by the Duke University Special Collections Library. He lives in the Tuckasegee community of rural western North Carolina.