Restless White Fields

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By (author): Barbara Langhorst

On May 26, 1991, Barbara Langhorst’s father shot and killed her mother, then turned the gun on himself.Restless White Fields asks: how do you rebuild a life? In this unsentimental collection of poems, Barbara Langhorst revisits personal horrors few of us can imagine, with startling imagery that rends even as it heals.

AUTHOR

Barbara Langhorst

Born and educated in Edmonton, AB, Barbara Langhorst teaches writing and literature at St. Peter?s College in Muenster, SK. Her first book, Restless White Fields (NeWest 2012), won Poetry Book of the Year Awards in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Want is her debut novel. She lives in Humboldt, SK.