Join us for the Raw Paw reading series, which celebrates the release of a new issue of their poetry imprint, Mind Maze. This month’s release is Tiny Nothing, from poet A.R. Rogers. Tiny Nothing is A.R. Rogers’ first chapbook. As the title suggests, the work focuses on the smaller events of our lives: the love of a house plant, mourning a dead moth, an act of kindness, breakfast, and the goings-on of an imagination. Each poem arrives lightly on the page, their images left to linger in a corner of the reader’s mind. Despite a concentration on the author’s personal and mundane experience, the collection points toward something larger. The poet’s use of the shifting nature of free verse complements the emotional undertone of Tiny Nothing.

The event will include readings from A.R., Ken Fontenot, Brandy Ingram, and Margery Segal. With Master of Ceremonies David Jewell. Come along and enjoy this literary synergy of events and publications!

Raw Paw was founded in Austin, Texas, in 2010. Their new poetry title, Mind Maze, is released every month and showcases twenty poems by one of Austin’s best—all wrapped in a patterned, screen-printed cover designed by Nicole Carleton.