Summer Brenner

Summer Brenner was raised in Georgia and migrated west, first to New Mexico and eventually to northern California where she has been a long-time resident. She has published books of poetry and fiction and given scores of readings in the United States, France, and Japan. Her books include: The Missing Lover, illustrations by Lewis Warsh; Ivy, Tale of a Homeless Girl in San Francisco, illustrations by Marilyn Bogerd; Presque nulle part (Gallimard/la serie noire); One Minute Movies; Dancers & the Dance; The Soft Room; From the Heart to the Center; Everyone Came Dressed as Water. “Because the Spirit Moved,” CD of poems in collaboration with poet GP Skratz and musician Andy Dinsmoor, was released in 2004 by Arundo.

She has received grants from the California Arts Council; Friends of Berkeley Public Library grant; “Speaking of Reading”/California State Library; and ED. Fund.