On Monday, Dmitry Kuzmin visited the UCLA Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures to deliver a guest lecture titled “Poetry and Media in Russia Today.” Kuzmin is a Russian poet, scholar, journalist and editor, and, in 2002, he was awarded the prestigious Andrei Bely Prize for his contributions to the promotion and advancement of literary culture in Russia. His guest lecture, which was given in Russian, discussed the current literary landscape of Russia.