Lissa Kiernan

Poet, writer, educator.

I’m the author of two books: Glass Needles & Goose Quills (Haley’s, 2018) and Two Faint Lines in the Violet, (Negative Capability Press, 2014), a finalist for Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award and the Julie Suk Award for Best Poetry Book by an Independent Press. Select poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. I founded and teach for the Poetry Barn, a literary center based in New York's Hudson Valley. 

Along with my MFA from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine, I hold an MA in Media Studies from The New School. 

I build, manage, and maintain websites, with an emphasis on literary, arts, and nonprofit sites.

My husband Chris and I herd cats in West Hurley, NY.