(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 11 at 4:00pm.  The readings will take place at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center. The December reading will feature Briana Rodriguez and Andrew Condouris. Their readings will be followed by an open mic available to up to 10 audience members who would like to read their original poetry.  

Briana Rodriguez works as a community organizer and her art and poetry is directly concerned with healing through Justice. Reconciliation with her ancestry. Connection with her roots.  Follow her on ig@violent_goddess

Andrew Condouris is a writer, as well as an English teacher at Trenton Public Schools. He graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s MFA program. Andrew has been published online and in print in various literary magazines. Gone Gone All Gone, his first collection of poems, came out this year.

Princeton Makes is a cooperative comprised of 34 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 Press is a small, highly selective cooperative press.  They  work with their authors closely.  Authors retain copyright and we use our 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.