BAILIN, George 1928-

PERSONAL: Born May 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY; son of Herman (a grocery store owner) and Marion (a salesclerk; maiden name, Blesofski) Bailin; married; first wife's name Marilyn (divorced); married Daryl Whatley (an instructor), January 31, 1987; children: Jill, Michael. Education: City University of New York, B.A. (English), 1949; Manhattan College, M.A. (counseling psychology), 1970; Sarah Lawrence College, M.F.A. (creative writing), 1980. Hobbies and other interests: Writing, exercise.

ADDRESSES: Home—P.O. Box 298, Harriman, NY 10926-0298. Office—Sacred Orchard Corp., P.O. Box 298, Harriman, NY 10926-0298. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: New York City Public School System, New York, NY, English teacher, 1955-83; Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, adjunct English professor, 1985-88; Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ, adjunct English professor, 1988—. Evander Childs High School, dean of men. Yoga Society of New York, board member; Sacred Orchard Corporation, founder. Military service: New York State National Guard, 1965-67, became private first class.

MEMBER: Yoga Society of New York, United Federation of Teachers.

WRITINGS:

POETRY; UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

Collapsing Spaces, Tilting Times, Stone Country Press, 1980.

Counterculture, Seaport Poets & Writers Press, 1981.

Dead Reckoning, Dragonsbreath Press, 1984.

Evening News Report, Seaport Poets & Writers Press, 1985.

First Strike, Seaport Poets & Writers Press, 1987.

Sage of Ananda (spiritual teachings), Seaport Poets & Writers Press, 1993.

Contributor of literary criticism to periodicals, including South and West, Puckerbush Review, and University of Maine Review; contributor of poetry to Colorado Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, Beloit Poetry Journal, Kansas Quarterly, and other national publications.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Meditator's Newsletter, a monthly publication available in hard copy or online at http://www.sacredorchard.org; a sequel to Sage of Ananda.

SIDELIGHTS: George Bailin told CA: "Having met a liberated sage, I turned all my energies in that direction."