Erje Ayden (1936-2013)

READINGS FROM HIS WORK

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.

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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