<p>A. Molotkov, co-editor of The Inflectionist Review.</p>

ASTORIA KALA welcomes poets John Sibley Williams and A. Molotkov, co-founding editors of the Portland-based magazine The Inflectionist Review, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8. The evening of readings is hosted by Astoria poet Florence Sage and opens with local poets Nancy Cook, Anne Splane Phillips and Jim Dott.

Inflectionism is an artistic movement that was started in 2010 by three Portland poets who sought a more organic approach that respected both poet and reader, both words and interpretation. As a creative philosophy, Inflectionism seeks to build upon what has come before and gently bend it to reflect what has and has not changed about the world and our methods of expressing it. The Inflectionist Review is a small press publishing stark and distinctive contemporary poetry that fosters dialog between the reader and writer, between words and their meanings, between ambiguity and concept. Each issue gathers established and emerging voices together toward the shared aim of expression that resonates beyond the authors world, beyond the page, and speaks to the universality of human language and experience.

Williams is the author of Controlled Hallucinations (FutureCycle Press, 2013) and six poetry chapbooks. He is the winner of the HEART Poetry Award and finalist for the Pushcart, Rumi and The Pinch Poetry Prizes. Williams is also the co-director of the Walt Whitman 150 project. A few previous publishing credits include: Third Coast magazine, Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry, Inkwell Journal, Cider Press Review, Bryant Literary Review, Chaffin Journal, RHINO, and various anthologies. Visit him at JohnSibleyWilliams.wordpress.com

Molotkov moved to the U.S. in 1990 and switched to writing in English in 1993. Accepted by Kenyon Review, Mad Hatters Review, 2River, Perihelion, Word Riot, Identity Theory, and many more, Molotkov is winner of the New Millennium Writings and Koeppel fiction contests, among others. His new translation of a Chekhov short story was included by Knopf/Random House in their Everyman Series edition of fishing stories. Visit him at AMolotkov.com

Doors open at 7 p.m. There is an $8 cover at the door. Cocktails and light fare will be available. KALA is located at 1017 Marine Drive in Astoria.