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Andy Quan

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Vancouver, Canada

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Poetry, Short Stories, Gay & Lesbian

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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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Come dine with me: Restaurant Evett, Seoul

When we travel, we try to choose at least one special restaurant, and since our trip to Seoul coincided with my 56th birthday, I was excited to choose Restaurant Evett. I follow a winner of Masterchef Australia, Nat Thaipun, on Instagram, and saw that she’d visited or worked there. And soon after, there was an article on Australia’s ABC news about the young Australian chef, Joseph Lidgerwood,

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	The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered by Tom Cardamone (Goodreads Author), Christopher Bram, Michael Graves (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica by Lawrence Schimel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shaun Levin (Goodreads Author), Michael Lassell 3.47 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beautiful Boys: Gay Erotic Stories by Richard Labonté (Editor), Michael Bracken (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Eric Del Carlo (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Upon a Midnight Clear: Queer Christmas Tales by Greg Herren (Editor), M. Christian (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David McConnell (Contributor) 3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calendar Boy 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Six Positions: Sex Writing 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguin Australian Summer Stories 4 by Thea Astley, Tim Winton, Brenda Walker 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry by Andy Quan (Goodreads Author) (Co-Editor), Jim Wong-Chu (Editor) 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slant 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bowling Pin Fire it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Andy Quan rated a book really liked it The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
When I was first exposed to the Memory of Fire trilogy, it was a revelation. Here, in anecdotes both poetic and mythic, Galeano turned the history of the world around, centering voices that had been suppressed and hidden, introducing his worldview to ...more
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Andy Quan rated a book liked it The Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I think I was in university when I first discovered Lorrie Moore, reading Like Life (1990) and then liking it so much that I read Birds of America too (1998). Oddly though, when I bought her 'The Collected Stories', shortly after its publication in 2 ...more
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Andy Quan rated a book really liked it Copenhagen Tales (City Tales) by Lotte Shankland	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An interesting combination of literary history and marketing: I mean, who's going to read these unless they have an interest in Copenhagen? I do, and so this reading experience brought me back to a cherished four months in Helsingor, just north of Co ...more
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Andy Quan rated a book it was amazing Authoritarianism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by James Loxton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I have a few of the very short introductions and I would have to say that this is the most consistently engaging of them all. Who knew authoritarianism would make such a good read? But Loxton fills his arguments and summaries with engaging facts and ...more
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An interesting combination of literary history and marketing: I mean, who's going to read these unless they have an interest in Copenhagen? I do, and so this reading experience brought me back to a cherished four months in Helsingor, just north of Co ...more
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Andy Quan rated a book really liked it Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You by Alice Munro	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I'm slowly buying all the Alice Munro collections that I haven't got on my shelf (except for the collected works, as I reckon all those stories will be in the other books). I started with this one, and I started reading it and knew that I had read it ...more
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Vulnerability in poetry lends itself to the free-verse confessional, so it's a wonderful juxtaposition (for me, at least) to see such playfulness of form matched with the open heart and a deep pool of emotion. Of course, there's much more in this col ...more
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Andy Quan made a comment on Lark Benobi’s review of Day " I just read Charles's review. He cites this as 'one of the most finely drawn children ... ever met in a novel'. But: 'She hopes that “a little girl’s ...more "
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“How complex, untrustworthy, and important our stories are. We will never tell you the true story of our lives.”
― Andy Quan, The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered

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“I think the word ‘love’ should be used sparingly and truthfully.”
― Andy Quan, The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered

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