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Andy Quan

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born

Vancouver, Canada

gender

male

website

http://andyquan.com/

genre

Poetry, Short Stories, Gay & Lesbian

member since

January 2011

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Andy Quan is the author of four books, one of short fiction, Calendar Boy, two of poetry, Slant and Bowling Pin Fire, and one of gay erotica, Six Positions. He was the co-editor of Swallowing Clouds, an Anthology of Chinese Canadian Poetry. His work has appeared in a broad range of anthologies, magazines and literary reviews in Australia, Canada, and elsewhere. His work often deals with the themes of identity, community, and culture.

Born in Vancouver of Cantonese origin, Andy has lived in Toronto, Brussels, and London before settling in Sydney, Australia. A singer and songwriter, he has also self-produced tapes and CDs.

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Books by Andy Quan

Average rating: 4.01 · 68 ratings · 23 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Calendar Boy 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Six Positions: Sex Writing by Andy Quan 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Slant 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Bowling Pin Fire 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	My rating:
	Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry by Andy Quan (Goodreads Author) (Co-Editor), Jim Wong-Chu (Co-Editor) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999	My rating:
	Second Person Queer: Who You Are (So Far) by Richard Labonté (Editor), Lawrence Schimel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Achy Obejas (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered by Tom Cardamone (Editor, Contributor), Michael Graves (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Stephen Greco (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	I Like It Like That: True Stories of Gay Male Desire by Lawrence Schimel (Goodreads Author), Richard Labonté (Editor), 'Nathan Burgoine (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Penguin Australian Summer Stories 4 by Thea Astley, Tim Winton, Brenda Walker 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002	My rating:

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Andy Quan gave to: Phantom Limb by David Musgrave	My rating:
Phantom Limb is a book of poety with shifts of voice and perspective to keep things lively - he inhabits Montaigne in one long poem, and in another, examines the life of Baby Boomers. Some steps back into history but mainly a contemporary inhabiting...more
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Andy Quan gave to: Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler read in November, 2011	My rating:
I've read a few Anne Tyler novels, way back when, and obviously liked them enough to keep returning to them. She creates memorable, fully-dimensional characters and writes with wry observation of modern life and a hopefulness, a key theme about learn...more
Nov 25, 2011 07:56pm · see review
Andy Quan gave to: The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai	My rating:
At university, with the incomparable Geoffrey Eathorne as our professor for our Commonwealth Literature course at Trent University in Canada, I read Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day. It was a stand out. I don't remember it perfectly but that it had b...more
Nov 20, 2011 11:51pm · see review
Andy Quan gave to: Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon	My rating:
Michael Chabon is one of those names that I scan bookshelves for, all on the basis of one book: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. It was a big, substantial novel with ideas and history, whimsy and sadness, and unforgettable characters. And...more
Nov 20, 2011 11:39pm · see review
Andy Quan gave to: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon	My rating:
Nov 20, 2011 11:37pm
Andy Quan gave to: Slant by Andy Quan (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Slant was my first book of poems - it was so exciting to be published. Silas White of Nightwood Editions did an amazing job as my editor. The voice of the poems of Slant is gentle and young, exploratory and energetic. More information and reviews up...more
Nov 08, 2011 07:36pm · see review
Andy Quan gave to: Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry by Andy Quan (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
I had great fun co-editing this collection - and mainly due to the poets included. It's a wide range of diverse voices from so many different types of Chinese backgrounds, to families long in Canada to more recent immigrants. What links them together...more
Nov 08, 2011 07:33pm · see review