Lois Harrod and Chris Reed

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton Makes, a Princeton-based artist cooperative, and Ragged Sky Press, a local publisher focused on poetry, will host a Second Sunday Poetry Reading on Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 4:00pm at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center. The reading will feature poetry by Lois Harrod and Chris Reed.

Their readings will be followed by an open mic available to up to 10 audience members who would like to read their original poetry.

Lois Marie Harrod’s 19th collection of poetry, The Bed the Size of a Small Country, appeared September 2025. Her Spat was published in May 2021, and her 17th collection Woman was published by February 2020. Nightmares of the Minor Poet appeared in June 2016 Oaks; her chapbook And She Took the Heart appeared in January 2016; Fragments from the Biography of Nemesis (Cherry Grove Press) and the chapbook How Marlene Mae Longs for Truth (Dancing Girl Press) appeared in 2013.  Dodge poet, life-long educator and writer, she is published in literary journals and online ezines from American Poetry Review to Zone 3. She presently teaches courses at the Center for Modern Aging in Princeton.

Chris Reed’s first collection of poems, Two Years and Two Months, published by Finishing Line Press, appeared last month, November 2025. The poems tell the story of the time her mother lived with her in Princeton, during the pandemic. Chris Reed, a Unitarian Universalist minister with a focus on social justice issues, served the UU Congregation of Princeton for 22 years, and as a UU chaplain at Princeton University for 10 years. During her ministry she developed and wrote a guide for interfaith visits, Neighboring Faiths (Skinner House) and before going into ministry, cowrote a novel with her husband J.D. Reed, Exposure (Soho Press). Retired from active ministry, she has turned to writing poetry and stories.

The new Princeton Makes store is located in the Princeton Shopping Center between Princeton Nassau Pediatrics and Rita's.

Princeton Makes is a cooperative comprised of 37 local artists who work across a range of artistic genres, including painting, drawing, stained glass, sculpture, textiles, and jewelry. Customers will be able to support local artists by shopping for a wide variety of art, including large paintings, prints, custom-made greeting cards, stained glass lamps and window hangings, jewelry in a variety of designs and patterns, and more.

Ragged Sky is a small, highly selective cooperative press.  They work with their authors closely.  Authors retain copyright and they use their experience and professional resources to support the author’s work through the editing, production, and design process.  Ragged Sky Press has historically focused on mature voices, overlooked poets, and women's perspectives.