Vera Pavlova presents her new book on the poetry readings hosted by "Bookberry" bookstore in Moscow on September 15, 2005:
"In September our Dickinson-in-Moscow group attended a poetry reading of Vera Pavlova鈥檚. Vera and her translator have been to Dickinson twice since I鈥檝e been studying there and I had met them on both occasions. Both of them recognized us (our group) and I felt 鈥渁lmost famous鈥� in that respect. Her new book sounds really interesting and hopefully I鈥檒l understand more with the words right in front of me," Jennifer Mihok'07.
During Lev Rubinstein鈥檚 performance in Moscow club "Masterskaya" on November 16, 2009:
"Immanuel Kant believed that people see the world through the prism of space and time. I have to admit that viewing the world from the remote Moscow where I was studying for one semester, had been quite an enriching experience. However, when I learnt that the great Russian poet Lev Rubinstein was visiting Dickinson for the Semana Poetica while I was across the Atlantic, I had a strong reason to believe in a cosmic conspiracy against me. I can鈥檛 describe my feelings when our coordinator in Moscow Irina Filippova gave us tickets to his poetry reciting.
Visiting theaters, museums and Russian avant-garde exhibitions in Moscow and St. Petersburg has been a life marking experience, but Lev Rubinstein鈥檚 words accompanied by minimalist music created an exquisite atmosphere of self awareness. I hastily glanced at the faces of the rest of the 鈥淒ickinson crew鈥�; we were all captivated. At least that鈥檚 what I saw. After the reciting was over, we offered him flowers along with warm greetings from Prof. Duzs. He smiled and we grasped the moment in a group picture," Nina Ioannidou'11
Alexei Tsvetkov鈥檚 poetry reading at the Russian State University for the Humanities on December 16, 2009:
