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Andy Quan

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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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Movies: seen on TV, probably on a streaming service, or on an airplane

Goodbye June. The critics called it formulaic and trite, while acknowledging the acting. I don’t expect much these days from movies seen on TV, so I found it enjoyable enough and thought the acting was sensational, and the family dynamics did feel true, for the most part. 

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The Lost Library: Gay Ficti...

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The Mammoth Book of New Gay...

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Calendar Boy

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Six Positions: Sex Writing

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Swallowing Clouds: An Antho...

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Slant

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Bowling Pin Fire

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Book Review: Andrew O’Hagan’s Be Near Me

Be Near Me by Andrew O’HaganMy rating: 3 of 5 starsBecause I’d raved about O’Hagan’s Marilyn Monroe book (as narrated by her dog, Maf), a new literary Read more of this blog post »
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Love Stories by Trent Dalton
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I'm going to go right down the middle with a middling rating of this book, with the stars mostly for the intention. It is clear that Dalton is a lovely man with a great big heart and the genesis of the book and many of the stories are truly heart-war ...more
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The Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore
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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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The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano
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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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Because I'd raved about O'Hagan's Marilyn Monroe book (as narrated by her dog, Maf), a new literary friend loaned me one of his favourite books, 'Be Near Me'. To be frank, I was a bit confused by the whole experience. There is an immediate distancing ...more
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The Moons of Jupiter by Alice Munro
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I'm reading through Alice Munro's books: all of them. Most of them I'd read before, but a number are completely new or I only read a story or two of them. The Moons of Jupiter surprised me in that it's an older collection (1982) and yet I found it as ...more
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Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro
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I return to this page, and see, a surprise to me, that I rated it three stars in 2011. I actually don't remember reading it before. It was not on my shelf, so I bought a new copy recently, as I am making my way through Alice Munro's books, mostly in ...more
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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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The Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore
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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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Copenhagen Tales by Lotte Shankland
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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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“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

“I think the word ‘love’ should be used sparingly and truthfully.”
Andy Quan, The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered
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Andy Quan Tara wrote: "Good to see you on Goodreads. May I say you look radiant. x"

nice to see you too! xo


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Tara Moss Good to see you on Goodreads. May I say you look radiant. x


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