{"id":525,"date":"2012-06-15T19:35:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/andy-quan\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T12:24:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:24:49","slug":"quan_andy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/quan_andy\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Quan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Andy Quan is a third-generation Chinese Canadian. His short fiction, much of which is erotic, has been widely anthologized. He co-edited and contributed to Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry<\/a>. Quan received a B.A. in international studies from Trent University in 1993 and an M.A. in political science from York University in 1994. He is also a singer\/songwriter, has acted, and currently lives in Sydney where he worked for the Australian Federation of AIDS Organizations and more recently opened a Reiki practice and an editing and copywriting business. A recent anthology that he contributed to is Second Person Queer<\/span><\/em>, an anthology of essays on LGBT life written in the second person.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Fiction (Short Stories)<\/h2>\n

Calendar Boy<\/h2>\n

Vancouver: New Star Books, 2001
\nSydney: Penguin Australia, 2002
\nPS8583 .U3318 C35 2001<\/a><\/p>\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (New Star Books)<\/h4>\n

On the verge of adulthood, self-discovery, coming out; in university towns, Europe, Vancouver, Toronto, Sydney, the protagonists of Calendar Boy<\/span> unravel cultural heritage, community, identity on the road to–they hope–love, happiness, and self-acceptance.<\/p>\n

Awards and Honours<\/h4>\n

2001 Lambda Literary Award<\/a> – Independent Press (Shortlisted)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Fiction (Short stories)<\/h2>\n

Six Positions: Sex Writing<\/h2>\n

[San Francisco, CA]: Green Candy Press, 2005<\/p>\n

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Poetry<\/h2>\n

Bowling Pin Fire<\/h2>\n

Winnipeg: Signature Editions, 2007<\/p>\n

Publisher’s Synopsis<\/h4>\n

… Andy Quan recounts a series of firsts: first time listening to Joni Mitchell’s Blue, first loss of a friend, first dance with a man. Building on earlier explorations of memory, sexuality, and culture that are the signatures of his best work, Bowling Pin Fire<\/span><\/em> transcribes the arc of one man’s life from growing up Chinese in Vancouver, to seeing the world through the lens of fearless, free-spirited youth, to arriving, as we all must, at the initial cautionary glimmerings of mid-life. …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Poetry<\/h2>\n

Slant<\/h2>\n

Roberts Creek, B.C.: Nightwood Editions, 2001
\nPS8583 .U3318 S5 2001<\/a><\/p>\n

Publisher’s Synopsis<\/h4>\n

Sharp, accessible and witty, Slant offers a fresh exploration of issues of race, sexuality, and life in the global village. The collection alternates between three main themes of childhood and family in the Chinese diaspora; gay sexuality, community and rites-of-passage; and voyages literal and metaphorical.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Links<\/h3>\n

Andy Quan<\/a> Homepage<\/p>\n

Publisher Arsenal Pulp Press<\/a><\/p>\n

Publisher Harbour Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n

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Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Andy Quan is a third-generation Chinese Canadian. His short fiction, much of which is erotic, has been widely anthologized. He co-edited and contributed to Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry. Quan received a B.A. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-525","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18683,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/525\/revisions\/18683"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}