Vanilla Milk
“A memoir told in poems, Vanilla Milk is “Brenner’s moving debut memoir commemorates her son’s death…A noteworthy exploration of a parent’s grief.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS
Finalist, 2016 Independent Book Awards
Smile, or else
“Clear and cutting as glass, Chanel Brenner’s poems will challenge everything you think you know about grief.” —Alexis Rhone Fancher, author of State of Grace: The Joshua Elegies, editor, Cultural Weekly
Winner, 2021 Press 53 Award for Poetry
Poems
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ESSAYS
Ghost Girl, Moria
Fear, The Coachella Review
Gone, The Rumpus
Open House Night, Tahoma Literary
Trying to Get Pregnant After the Death of a Child, Modern Loss
Appetite, HerStry
COVID-19 and the Collective, The Good Men Project
My Poetic Obsession, Sliver of Stone Magazine
Back in Time, Literary Mama
Gift, Minerva Rising
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