Chanel Brenner

Chanel Brenner

At the Hair Salon

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A boy slumps sideways in a wheelchair, a breathing tube attached to his mouth like an umbilical cord. Riley could have been him if he had lived. The boy wears…

Chanel Brenner

At a Restaurant the Night My Son Died

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I sat across from him, shooting his portrait with my phone. His charcoal sweatshirt faded into the dark booth. He played tic-tac-toe in the dim light. I should have known…