This issue publishes the ending of “The Canvas”, a novel by Oleg Yermakov, two stories by Oleg Zobern, as well as some chapters from “I’ve Come to the End of My Tether”, a memoirs book by Anatoly Kuznetsov. The poetry section of this issue is made up of the new poems by Maria Vatutina, Anatoly Naiman, Ella Krylova and Dmitry Bobyshev.

The sectional offerings are as follows:

Essais: “The Michelson’s Experiment”, an essay by Grigory Pomerants.

Comments: “Your Classical Authors are Freaks and Cretins” — an article by Alla Latynina dwelling on the shocking “My history of Russian Literature” by Marusya Klimova.

Literary Critique: “Like an Iceberg in the Ocean” — an article by Vasilina Orlova on contemporary literature by young authors.