Another Black Girl Miracle

by Tonya Ingram

Another Black Girl Miracle is a testimony. It is the documentation of healing. It is a tale of womanhood; its awkwardness and its rewards. Filled with themes of depression, sexuality, identity and wonder, this text not only examines what it means to be a young black girl in the world, but what it takes to participate in her own resurrection and rebirth.

Genres: Poetry, Mental Health, Race

81 pages, Paperback

Published April 28, 2018

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Another Black Girl Miracle is a poetry collection by one of my favorite humans in the world. Tonya beautifully displays what it's like to be woman, to be Black, to have Lupus, to have mental health issues, and all the intersections within these things. I will re-read this book endlessly because Tonya is an amazing poet. Getting to see her perform some of these has been an absolute treat.

[Shelby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerful and beautiful written. So glad I decided to buy this book.

[Sasha Elise · Rating 5 out of 5]

you know i like experimental poetry when i understand it. this was both funny and heavy. ingram talks about her depression, lupus, life, everything. it's fascinating, inspiring, and a little tug on the heartstrings

[Amy Layton · Rating 4 out of 5]

With a sharp tongue and a strong view of the world, Tonya Ingram wries of some of her most harrowing experiences and continuous struggles such as mental illness and other health issues.  She explores how these affect her life, her romance, her friendships, and more, especially as she examines the intersection of being black, a woman, and neurodivergent.  Beautiful and striking.

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[Cynthia · Rating 5 out of 5]

My heart is full, my emotions are rolling, and I’m caught in the waves of hope. Ingram’s ability to weave the plight of her trauma and the woes of our nation into a dream of healing is breathtaking.

[Leigh Kaisen]

wow wow wow 🖤 these poems came and found me at just the right time.

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. This collection is powerful, relatable, funny, heartbreaking...so many things all at once. It feels so current, but also very timeless, and touches on so many issues with great depth and levity at the same time — poetry about abuse, illness, and race cohabitate with odes to video games and Beyoncé. The balance is a feat, especially in this format. Tonya Ingram’s work recalled a lot of my favorite contemporary poets like Hanif Abdurraqib and Danez Smith, who can paint such a vivid picture with words and then stun you a perfect line.

I picked this up on a whim when shopping on Not A Cult’s website, and I’m so glad I did. Would love to read more of Ingram’s work, be it poetry or otherwise. She is truly a talent to watch and I only wish I had heard of her work sooner!

[Lindsey Mazur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read and re-read. Tonya Ingram writes with so much strength and power, yet she’s not afraid to get vulnerable. She writes of her pain and her joy. “I Am Twenty-Two” was probably my favorite. I really loved how she’d break up her longer poems with words that felt more like letters, less like poems, direct to the audience. But poetic all the same! It felt like I was traveling the book with her, journeying through that pain and that joy. Loved every second of this.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the better collections I’ve read this year, and 2017 has been a fantastic year for poetry. The whole book feels like one poem, which in some cases doesn’t work right, but here feels very natural and positive. It doesn’t feel like every poem is the *same* or anything like that, but that the collection itself has its own voice and set rhythms. I like these poems a lot.

[Moriah Conant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the honesty of Tonya’s poems. She shares her struggles with depression, lupus, sexual assault, and just plain coping with life.

Tonya has important things to say.



Trigger warnings: sexual assault, self-harm, depression, suicidal ideation

[Deb Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love her so much.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved these poems with my whole heart. Grateful to have this one in my collection.

[Luz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful and powerful poems. I loved Ingram’s form and voice.

[Chanel Hardy · Rating 5 out of 5]

RIP Tonya. Your work will live on. That's for damn sure. ❤️

[Kiki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tonya rips your heart out and puts it back together.