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Little Miracles

Little Miracles is a poetic exploration of place, pain, and parking lots. The collection explores a myriad of human emotions through the eyes of a young woman who is fiercely dedicated to where she comes from, all while trying to figure out where she’s going.

$25

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Published by Black Moss Press

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“Little Miracles is an ode to the unacknowledged, the thoughts that linger unaddressed in our collective minds. Victoria Butler runs us through the gamut of human emotion, but not without her down-to-earth and lived-in tonality. In this collection, Butler negotiates the difficult space between intention and outcome: “I see someone longing to be good, wondering/ Why there is hurt where she has planted love,” and the inevitable disillusionment of growing up: “my mother insisted god’s glorious creations could never be/ less than extraordinary.” Little Miracles makes space for the overwhelming weight of memory and how nostalgia colours the present—“I will always be the place that I came from.” At once geographically precise and remarkably open-ended, Butler will make you want to move back to your hometown, tie up loose ends, and cultivate an unshakeable sense of belonging.”

—Elena Senechal-Becker

More reviews.

  • Little Miracles is a collection of poems that are, indeed, little miracles. In this book, in these small chronicles of the life of a poet, we encounter a voice who searches through the experiences of her life in order to find and assert her own identity. From childhood to confident womanhood, Little Miracles follows the narrative of a poet who invents herself through the power of her own story, and whose story reinforces and sustains the ways she becomes a confident and emotionally assertive individual.

    -Bruce Meyer, author of Grace of Falling Stars

  • Little Miracles is an ode to how we survive, how we “breathe in the way it feels to exist only for ourselves.” Mysteries like death and intimacy are broken up into little pieces, dusty under the bed or “hiding beneath the lilac bushes.” Victoria Butler recognizes the power at our fingertips, under our fingernails.

    -Sanna Wani

  • Victoria Butler’s debut collection of poetry, Little Miracles, is an intimate examination of gentleness. Butler brilliantly captures the complexities of an identity deeply enmeshed in its unalterable past and uncertain future. This book whispers reminds you of a history mostly forgotten or ignored-that of sand and water and woman.

    -Samantha Badaoa, author of So Am I

  • Poem by poem, Victoria Butler variously revisits, resists, and reimagines the figures and frames of identity, relationship, and place, crafting with precision, intimacy, and insight. Little Miracles is a fearless, haunting, and vibrant debut.

    -Daniel Scott Tysdal, author of The Writing Moment: A Practical Guide to Creating Poems.

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