“Weigel’s formal experimentation expands the role of the ‘writer’ within the bookmaking process as he integrates layout and typesetting into the creative work of the text.” – Ben Robinson, Hamilton Review of Books

“In Whitemud Walking, Weigel attempts to articulate the breaks even as he seeks his own way through them, writing a space deliberately broken through colonialism and ongoing governmental interference.” –Rob Mclennan

“In opposition to the colonial archive, Weigel’s poetics turn to the body and the land, and his techniques extend from the line to erasures, photographic alterations and visual and conceptual pieces.” – Melanie Brannagan Frederiksen, The Winnipeg Free Press

“Matthew James Weigel’s debut book of poetry weaves itself around and through words, interrogating spaces beyond the page, and text.” – Tyler Pennock, Prairie books NOW

“In Whitemud Walking, Matthew James Weigel unsettles the archive, deconstructs the myth of treaty, and restores the history of his family through a series of mournful, visionary, and sometimes darkly funny interventions using text, image, sound, silence, and the kinetic energy that arises from his perfectly calibrated juxtapositions, rearrangements and inventions. A powerful and moving book.” – VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award judge, Susan Olding

“A remarkable work of resistance historiography, Whitemud Walking tracks the poet’s deeply personal investigation of colonial violence and erasure. The book is a masterclass in experimental form that tracks an “all-or-nothing calling” of witness through the literal deconstruction of colonial archival documents, the uncovering and re-visioning of family stories and the poet’s loving and attentive relationship with a particular place. You do not just read this book but experience it with your mind, heart, and spirit.” – Gerald Lampert Memorial Award Jury Statement

“Whitemud Walking is exceptional both in its experiments and design but even more so in its power to bring the personal to the textual and the archive to the search for self.” – Shane Rhodes, Arc Poetry

“Whitemud Walking is a deeply moving book that takes readers into the heart of the colonial archive and makes possible a personal and creative freedom. Its scope and ambition are hard-won and achieved through its emotionality and care.” – Indigenous Voices Award Jury Citation