The Game Is Played on a Delicate Foundation: and even better poems - Paperback

by George Arthur Lareau (Author)

This collection is an intimate chronicle of one American life. Yet, it reflects the rapidly changing and endlessly varied American experience itself during the latter half of the 20th Century. Searching to understand himself and his times, George Arthur Lareau plunges into the waters of art, mysticism, business and love, documenting his experience in poetic form. Lareau is probably the last surviving Boston beatnink poet. His poetry readings were popular in Boston beatnik coffee houses. He gave readings at Harvard University and at his alma mater McKendree University, among other venues.

Author Biography

Occupations, relationships, senses of identity, all flash by in the life of George Arthur Lareau. In his search for truth about reality and consciousness, he read thousands of books, experimented with dozens of "paths," made many personal discoveries, and created a science-based dynamic model of consciousness that explains how reality is created. He was president of seven high school organizations, a Methodist minister at age 16, a beatnik poet at age 19, finished college as an English major, married, had a son, was a child welfare social worker, led a group for an Indian guru, edited a company magazine, freelanced as a writer-photographer, was a city beat news reporter, edited two trade magazines, owned a print shop, published a trade paper, was a city department administrator, built an ad agency, was a financial planner, created a new religion, built a popular web site, authored fourteen books, was a computer consultant, taught English in Tokyo and Beijing, and built an eBay business.