A western Pennsylvania native and armed forces veteran of the Gulf War era, Randy Abel's progressivism was steeled by his soul-depleting experience as an imperialist mercinary who participated in lethal acts of state-sponsored terrorism. Having escaped the ravages of his "Rust Bowl" origins, Randy currently teaches writing and literature to university students on China's Shandong Peninsula.
"The road of life is progressive, ever ascending the infinite hypotenuse of a spiritual triangle," quoth Lu Xun (1881-1936), the grandaddy of modern Chinese lit, "and nothing can obstruct it."
