Taskans was also a writer, and published Jukebox Junkie in 1987 by Turnstone Press (a poetry chapbook).
WNM completed its transition to a literary journal in 1983, at which time the name was changed to Prairie Fire.
The members of W3 felt isolated both from the established writers of the Canadian Authors Association and from the University of Manitoba crowd gathered at St. John's College.
As one critic put it, Prairie Fire's job was to map the local literary landscape.
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