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About Michael Butchin

I was born, according to the official records, in the Year of the Ram, under the Element of Fire, when Johnson ruled the land with a heavy heart; in the Cradle of Liberty, to a family of bohemians. I studied Chinese language and literature at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. I spent some years in Taiwan teaching kindergarten during the day, and ESOL during the evenings. I currently work as a high school ESOL teacher, and am an unlikely martial artist. I have spent much of my life amongst actors, singers, movie stars, beautiful cultists, Taoist immortals, renegade monks, and at least one martial arts tzaddik. I currently reside in Beijing's Dongcheng district

I Remember

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Michael Butchin

My family variously made their way to America from Eastern Europe and the Balkans. My paternal grandmother’s family were from Nagyvárad, Bihor County, Transylvania. My paternal grandfather was from Minsk Gubernia. My maternal grandmother’s family came from Bessarabia in Moldova, … Continue reading →

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