Wanda Waterman
Wanda Waterman is a poet, spoken word artist, blogger, cultural journalist, and digital nomad. She’s been writing regularly for The Voice Magazine since 2004, not long after she began studying psychology at Athabasca. Her poetry has been published in Descant, The Talking Leaves, Chizine, Our Times, The Best of Tigertail, and Pottersfield Portfolio and her articles in Design is Political, Rawckus Magazine, Coastal Life, The New Internationalist, This Magazine, and in her blog, The Mindful Bard. She grew up in Nova Scotia, but after having lived in New Hampshire and North Africa she’s now settled in Montreal.
Did you hear about the 1966 rumours of Paul McCartney’s death? The flesh-eating banana scare of 2000? That 9/11 was staged by the U.S. government? If you don’t remember, it’s just as well; such unfortunate events can do a number on your self-esteem. Why are we humans so trusting about the information we receive? The… Read more »
A friend’s marketing career hit a bump when he hired a graphic artist to create a three-dimensional model for an important project. She claimed she could do it, and he believed her. Time dwindled away and she wasn’t getting it done. She continued to insist she could do it, that she could do it exceptionally… Read more »
Alex Cégé: voice, acoustic guitar Jici LG: electric guitar, voice, acoustic guitar JPhil Major: bass, voice, acoustic guitar Raphaël Liberge-Simard: percussion Florent Schmitt: electric piano Mangeur de Rêves (“Dream Eater”) is a Montreal-based folk-rock band that formed in 2016. The band has just released their debut album, Histoires a l’envers (backwards stories), a masterpiece of… Read more »
Sometimes not even caffeine pills or Deathwish Coffee can get your brain through the long hours of study, research, and writing. It might have occurred to you that it would be marvelous to find a magical pill that could keep you sharp long enough to ace that exam or get an A on that paper. … Read more »
In the 1982 western Barbarosa Willie Nelson plays an outlaw who refuses to allow his father-in-law’s hostility to keep him from looking after his wife and daughter. As much as his wife’s father wishes to destroy him, or at least drive him away forever, Barbarosa sneaks in every now and then with stolen money for… Read more »