“Restless White Fields moves from the risk-it-all of the personal to a plenitude of wisdom. Barbara Langhorst takes us on a journey, first into darkness and silence, then back to the reassurances of language itself, or love itself. She makes poetry new.”
~ Robert Kroetsch

“[t]his is an exquisitely, daringly written book, full of love and humanity, one that I have no doubt will soon enough find its place in the Canadian canon of poetry.”
~ Shawna Lemay, Calm Things

“Langhorst's poems are an enviable expression and exploration of structure and highly mature rhythms, and a book that would be difficult to not see on award shortlists.”
~ Rob McLennan

”Langhorst's eyes are adjusted to see all the shades of white, and her restless white fields are a balm to any who have learned to live with the presence of the dead.”
~ Shawna Lemay, The Edmonton Journal

“[w]hat impresses most about Restless White Fields is Langhorst's intricate skein of grief's ‘entanglements,’ and her struggle to make ‘contemplation a countermeasure to violence’.”
~ Barbara Carey, Toronto Star

“[a] powerful and fascinating text.”
~ Kevin McNeilly, Canadian Literature