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.
On the afternoon in question I’ve been living in the City of Saints for four months. I’m outside on a small balcony that faces a back alley and softly strumming my guitar. Without thinking I start playing and humming the illustrious Mancini theme from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I look back into my apartment. I have… Read more »
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If you live in Southwestern Nova Scotia and place a “For Sale” sign in the window of a car parked in your dooryard, be prepared to provide the Bluenose Tea Ceremony to any potential buyers, especially buyers from the more traditional cultures here?the African Canadian, the Mi’kmaq, the Irish, the Scottish, and the French?who’ve been… Read more »
Fifth panel by Susan Malmstrom (“Lucky Rabbit”) Missed an issue? Read it from the beginning.
Film: The Lobster Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Writers: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou “Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.” – Saul Bellow Have you ever known someone who’s always responding to jokes by saying, “That’s funny,” but never laughs? doesn’t even smile? Lobster… Read more »
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The four-piece, Halifax-based band, Walrus, started out as a two-man home recording project for brothers Justin and Jordan Murphy. Their music is best described as psychedelic pop, their sound inspired by a tradition rooted in the mind-expanding experiments of the sixties. Their name was inspired by the Beatles, whom they cite as a major influence…. Read more »
Kiran Ahluwalia‘s contribution to world music is inspired and deeply inspiring, seamlessly blending a number of traditions in her unique and engaging original compositions. Now based in New York, she was born in India and raised in Canada. After completing an MBA she gradually gave music more space in her life until it became a… Read more »
The second panel is an original artwork by Susan Malmstrom. It’s called “Bottom of the Pool” and is part of her Deserted Toyshop series. Missed an issue? Read it from the beginning.