Six Positions: Sex Writing by Andy Quan [Paperback]

Andy Quan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 10, 2005

Written with a poet's sense of language and the quirky voice of an outsider among outsiders, Six Positions takes the reader on a frank and entertaining international road trip of clubs, baths, and sex parties. Subtly exploring the roots of fantasy, insecurity, stereotypes, and attraction, Andy Quan emerges as plainly comfortable with himself, his body, and his identity as an Asian man in the notoriously objectifying gay community. This level of comfort shows in the slyly humorous ways he allows the issue to surface in these narratives, where pickups trawling for a passive geisha often get more than they bargained for. Whether narrating the course of a romantic encounter gone bad, detailing the goings-on at an orgy, or smashing the stereotype of the Asian boytoy, Six Positions offers fresh, thoughtful, and creative considerations of gay bodies and acts, while celebrating determined and unadulterated sexual desire.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Green Candy Press (March 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931160368
• ISBN-13: 978-1931160360
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,692,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars If you liked the title, the writing is good!, January 11, 2007

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Pete "Pete" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Six Positions: Sex Writing by Andy Quan (Paperback)

From a distance (more advanced years) one enjoys the author's exhuberance and knows that there is much more to him than the constant romps imply.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading, March 9, 2006

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EWIT (Berlin, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Six Positions: Sex Writing by Andy Quan (Paperback)

Taken as a whole, I think what is most beautiful about Six Positions is its failure. Let me explain. Many of these pieces probe the nature of desire from different angles and perspectives. Desire, however, is too amorphous to ever pin down. What I like is that, while not admitting defeat (which would mean not trying to write about it) Quan has embraced the writer's/human's inability to truly penetrate or truly understand the nature of desire. Rather than trying to explain desire, Quan illuminates it. We can see it moving, we can see it changing, but it darts back into shadow before its outline is complete. Quan's failure, in the sense that he like all others, has failed reveal the sole (soul?) source of desire, is beautiful because it ultimately reminds us of the complexity and inexplicability our desires. The successes are also numerous. The haunting piece after which the collection takes its title contains fleeting images of memory that have lingered in my mind. Surf , another strong piece in the collection, takes the reader into a passion that wells like a wave into a crescendo, crashes to shore and slowly fades back into the sea. For those of us who have never been to an orgy, Party Favors creates a vivid impression of darkened rooms filled with heat, clusters of passion and a relaxed, friendly, open approach to fulfilling desires.