She conducts research on Leonid Dobycin, a Russian narrator from the first half of the twentieth century, and his influence can be seen in her work.[10] In 2005, Crocetti Editore published her poetry collection Altri Fuochi ("Other Fireworks", "Other Fires", or "Other Lights") with an introduction by Stephanie Sandler.[12] Petrova worked as a curator of the 21st century Italian Film Festival in Krasnoyarsk in 2009, with sponsorship from the Prochorov foundation.[13] In 2011, she won the Special Prize at the Torino Film Festival’s Sixth Annual National Mother Language Literary Competition for her short story A Dog Day, written in Italian.[21][22] Petrova's poetry, translations, and prose have been published in the main Russian literary magazines: Znamya, Zvezda, and Zerkalo.
Aleksandra Petrova reads at the Heyman Center at Columbia University in 2015.
