The book "Justified Presence" by poet and critic Mikhail Aizenberg includes articles mostly written in recent years. Its central theme is the current state of Russian poetry, which the author perceives as qualitatively and fundamentally new.

The analysis of individual poetics and personalities gradually leads to a broader perspective, describing the symptoms of a new poetic consciousness. The author does not provide a definitive answer to the question, "What is poetry today?" but neither does he shy away from it.