What do Klyuev, Khlebnikov, and Brodsky have in common? Why did the poet include them in the "List," ignoring Pushkin? As part of the seminar "Brodsky's List" at the Mayakovsky Library, a lecture will be held dedicated to two mysterious figures of Russian poetry - Nikolai Klyuev and Velimir Khlebnikov, whom Joseph Brodsky included in his famous reading list for students. Why did Brodsky choose these authors instead of more familiar figures like Yesenin, Mayakovsky, or Pushkin? What is the logic behind this ironic and even audacious choice - and how is it connected to his life and worldview? You will learn whether this recommendation was simultaneously a cultural provocation and an expression of the poet's internal solidarity with those whose fates were tragic and in some way similar to his own. We will tell you how to organize leisure in St. Petersburg.