* If It Is the Reason (Blues Mondo). T. Apraksina
  “nothing hatches without a nudge from doubts”

* Petals of Meaning. B. Solozhenkin
   “All this, that was and will be, simply ‘Is'”
   “From below you can’t see the top, the rough ear hears only ‘Moo-oo-oo’ in Mozart’s melismas”

* The Labyrinth of Mormon Trails (Blues Report). J. Manteith
   “The desolate expanses of the American desert now seem filled with presence”

* Josephus Flavius: The Paradox of a Modern Hero. E. Molochkovetskaya
   “The main paradox of the image of Flavius lies in his absolute modernity”

* Citizens of Nevsky. N. Mazurenko (review)
   “Cemeteries, churches, boutiques, restaurants, prostitutes, swindlers, nouveau riche, theaters, galleries, courtyards and backstreets — the author’s gaze has penetrated everywhere”

* The Creative Will (continued). W.H. Wright
   “Great artists are never the products of the community spirit”

* Decembrists Street’s Circular Breathing. O. Romanova
   “I really want us to become famous.”

* The Love Story of a Potato. P. Gripari (translated by L. Efimov)
   “How elegant you are. Just like a frying pan.”
   “I want to marry your potato”

* Where to Look for Enlightenment… I. Dudina (review)
   “…a philosopher, a writer, maybe even a prophet awoke in him”

* Lessons of Vicissitudes. Lama Karmapa (translated by V. Ragimov)
   “Everything that exists is just cycles of the fruits of the imagination”
   “A Buddhist is not necessarily a cook, but someone who loves interesting food”

* Chasing the Wind. E. Molochkovetskaya
   “Like any normal alchemist, he begins with internal transmutation”

* Spiritualism in the Literature and Philosophy of Restoration England. V. Trofimova
  “The English freethinker became a ‘co-author’ of the Russian writer’s spiritualist novels”

* Polemics Session: “The Space of Genuine Art”: Rethinking the Aesthetics of Huntington Wright.
   “It would be good for musicians not to rush to exchange their tailcoats for T-shirts”