Poetry Reading at Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse with Award-Winning Poet, Chanel Brenner

Vanilla Milk is a surprising blend of formats which melds a memoir to poetry...The night her son Riley died, Brenner began to write a poem - only the fifth she'd ever written in her life.  She began talking her journal everywhere, channeling her grief into something cathartic and concrete.  Vanilla Milk is the result, sending the pain ”somewhere’ - and that ‘somewhere’ proves to be a collection that honors her son, keeps a piece of him alive, and transmits a small bit about him to the wider world - Midwest Reviews

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