Brenner, Chanel

Chanel Brenner's poems have appeared in "Cultural Weekly, Poet Lore, Rattle, The Coachella Review, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Foliate Oak, Glassworks, " and others. She was awarded first prize for her poetry in The Write Place At the Write Time's contest. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.

"Grief is heavier than concrete. A mother's grief is fierce, dark and insatiable...That's what I learned from "Vanilla Milk"...The intimacy of these poems brings us face to face with the mother's unbearable pain, which somehow must be borne...But even in her deepest sorrow his mother is com...