“They were incredibly powerful. Like, rip-your-guts-out stuff. They could go from adorable to chilling in a turn of a phrase.”

-C.S.E Cooney, June 18, 2022

“Sullivan will continue…revolution in their time as the Denver Youth Poet Laureate and thereafter.”

—303 Magazine, January 19, 2017

Highlights from the Press about

Ayla Xuân Chi

 "In a time when it seems impossible to create something new out of an ancient craft, Sullivan guts and molds new images out of love poetry that will leave your heart wrenched and brain spinning. They twist the definition of a love poem into a space that’s simultaneously challenging and comfortable for both the poet and the audience. 

—303 Magazine, January 19, 2017

"A theatrical savant.

— Westword, April 19, 2019

A cultural force to be reckoned with.

— Westword, February 2, 2018