Erje Ayden (1936-2013)

July 10, 2014

Erje Ayden (1936-2013)

READINGS FROM HIS WORK


Thursday, July 10, 2014 @ 7:00 pm

Readings by Jim Fletcher, Ross Fletcher, Lisa Holm Ayden, Modesto Flako Jimenez, Sibyl Kempson, David Macke, Katiana Rangel, Rafael Sánchez, Kate Valk, Kathleen White and Ben Williams.

Suggested donation $20

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“The wonder is that Ayden’s not more famous, as he can be as addictive as Simenon or Proust.” — John Ashbery

“Ayden is the traditional ‘foreigner’ . . . an alien wherever he is, probing and disfiguring ordinary reality, accepting its most peculiar and neurotic aspects as quite unexceptional. Through his eyes we see an ‘Amerika’ as odd as Kafka’s; as funny and absurdly sad.” — Frank O’Hara

“When I read Ayden, he makes my day.” — Paddy Chayefsky

photo by Doug Kuntz