Slant |
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Description: |
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. Slant asks "how
do we belong?" and answers in a voice that is
compelling and unique. University of Toronto Quarterly (Volume 72 Number 1, Winter 2002/3) announced Slant as such: Nightwood Editions offers four new collections: Billie Livingston's The Chick at the Back of the Church, Andy Quan's Slant, Jay Ruzesky's Blue Himalayan Poppies, and Norm Sacuta's Garments of the Known... Andy Quan is also a writer of fiction, as well as a singer and songwriter, and Slant is his first book of poems. A third-generation Chinese Canadian, Slant explores the experience of the Chinese diaspora. The poetry journeys through a range of places and cultures, always welcoming 'ceremony, extinction, discovery, new life' ('Flight Ice Blood Metal'). |
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Reviews: |
"Andy Quan belongs to that
species of poet who remembers home and family but travels
everywhere to make discoveries that deepen his insights
into himself." - Wayson Choy "Andy Quan plumbs the delicate inevitability of connection between child and parent, siblings and extended family, between men as lovers and as friends, between insiders and outsiders, across cultures, continents and generations. And whether these connections are made by air, over coffee, or on the dance floor, Quan tunes them in language that is empathic and direct. The last word of one of this first book's finest poems most aptly describes its import: Slant launches the career of a poet whose trajectory is assured 'glitter.'" - John Barton Read more reviews on the REVIEWS PAGES. |
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Poems: |
To give you a taste of Slant, here's a selection of three poems: Belonging, Inheritance and Souvenir | |||||
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