Lissa Kiernan's first book of poetry, Two Faint Lines in the Violet (Negative Capability Press), is a Foreword Reviews' 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Finalist, as well as a finalist for the 2014 Julie Suk Award for Best Poetry Book by an Independent Press. In the 112-page volume, Kiernan explores poetry's unique ability to document yet revision the nuclear age, how when singing somewhere between the personal and political—if we listen closely—we might hear the social. Kiernan's book-length braided essay, Glass Needles & Goose Quills, is forthcoming in 2017. Kiernan founded and directs The Poetry Barn, a leading provider of online poetry workshops, and resides in Marbletown, New York.