Erofeyev became a literary critic, publishing works on Lev Shestov and the Marquis de Sade. He later organised his own literary magazine, Metropol,  in which many of the big names of Soviet literature participated, including Vasily Aksyonov, Andrei Bitov, Bella Akhmadulina, and others.
Erofeyev became a literary critic, writing about Lev Shestov and the Marquis de Sade. He later established his own literary magazine, Metropol, in which numerous leading figures of Soviet literature were involved, such as Vasily Aksyonov, Andrei Bitov, Bella Akhmadulina, and others.