Andy Quan was born in 1969 in Vancouver, B.C, a third-generation Chinese-Canadian and fifth generation Chinese-American with roots in the villages of Canton. He is the author of three books. His first collections of poetry, Slant, and short fiction, Calendar Boy, were released in North America in 2001. Calendar Boy was published in Australia by Penguin in 2002 and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. He was also the co-editor of Swallowing Clouds: an Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry. In April 2005, Six Positions, a collection of gay erotica and sex writing will be published by Green Candy Press.

His poetry, fiction and erotica have appeared in many publications in North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom. After living in Toronto, London, and Brussels, Andy is currently living in Sydney, Australia where he works for the Australian Federation of AIDS Organizations.

List of publications (publications includes print, performance, radio, website etc) (Berni, if you want the bibliography form, then tell me – I don’t know if you want this much info)

Books

• Six Positions: Sex Writing by Andy Quan (2005) Green Candy Press, San Francisco
• Calendar Boy (2002) Penguin Australia, Sydney
• Calendar Boy (2001) New Star Books, Vancouver
• Slant (2001) Nightwood Editions, Madeira Park, B.C.

Andy’s fiction and essays have appeared or are upcoming in:

Anthologies

• Striking the Wok: Anthology of Contemporary Chinese
Canadian Fiction (TSAR Publications)
• Big Night Out (Penguin Australia)
• Penguin Australian Summer Stories (Penguin Australia)
• Upon A Midnight Clear: Queer Christmas Tales (Harrington Park Press)
• Boyfriends from Hell (Green Candy Press)
• Take Out: Queer Writing from Asia Pacific America (AAWW)
• Circa 2000: Gay Fiction at the Millenium (Alyson)
• Contra/Diction: New Queer Male Fiction (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Queer View Mirror (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Queeries: An Anthology of Gay Male Prose (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• I Do / I Don’t: Queers on Marriage (Suspect Thoughts Press)

Journals/Magazines/On-line

• Lodestar Quarterly (on-line)
• HQ (Sydney)
• The Asian Pacific American Journal (New York)
• Absinthe (Calgary)
• GEIST (Vancouver)

Andy’s erotica and sex writing has appeared or is upcoming in:

Anthologies

• Best American Erotica 2005 (Simon and Schuster)
• Best of the Best Gay Erotica 2 (Cleis Press)
• Best Gay Erotica 2005 (Cleis Press)
• Best Gay Erotica 2004 (Cleis Press)
• Best Gay Erotica 2003 (Cleis Press)
• Best Gay Erotica 2002 (Cleis Press)
• Best Gay Erotica 2000 (Cleis Press)
• Best Gay Erotica 1999 (Cleis Press)
• Best Gay Asian Erotica (Cleis Press)
• Best of the Best Gay Erotica (Cleis Press)
• Men in Jocks (WestBeach)
• Law of Desire: Tales of Gay Male Lust and Obsession (Alyson)
• The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Essays on Queer Sexuality and Desire (Boheme Press)
• Carnal Nation: Brave New Sex Fictions (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Quickies 3 (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Quickies 2: Short Short Fiction of Gay Male Desire (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Quickies 1 (Arsenal Pulp Press)

Journals/Magazines/On-line

• Lustre magazine (Online – Sydney)
• Positive Nation (London)
• Velvet Mafia – Dangerous Queer Fiction (Online)
• RICEPAPER (Vancouver)

Andy’s poetry has appeared or is upcoming in:

Anthologies

• Seminal: An Anthology of Gay Male Canadian Poetry (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry (Arsenal Pulp Press)

Journals/Magazines

• Meanjin (Melbourne)
• HEAT (Sydney)
• Journal of Australian Studies (Canberra)
• Canadian Literature (Vancouver)
• Freeze-Dried (Los Angeles)
• Queer Words (Aberystwyth)
• Modern Words (San Francisco)
• Tickle Ace (St. John’s, Newfoundland)
• Absinthe (Calgary)
• ARC (Ottawa)
• White Wall Review (Toronto)
• Existere (Toronto)
• Grain (Regina)
• PRISM International (Vancouver)

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Website (optional): (language of website)

http://www.andyquan.com (English-language)

Country:

Australia / Canada