A laureate of the prestigious Andrei Bely Prize, Rubinstein is an accomplished poet with a sharp eye for unusual detail. His innovative use of ‘found poetry’ and ‘poems on index cards’ were refreshing and unique in the surge of ‘new literature’ after the fall of Communism. He is also a keen essayist; his columns for publications such as Itogi, Esquire and grani.ru are extremely popular and his book of collected essays Zeitgeists, has earned well-deserved praise from critics and readers alike.
– Academia Rossica