Published
October 27, 2006
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Abstract
To readers who listen regularly to CBC-AM, Margaret Visser will need no introduction. Many guests on Peter Gzowski's morning program, including some regulars, come and go without leaving any lasting impression. Not so with classics teacher and writer Margaret Visser. Once heard, Dr. Visser's cadenced delivery and the evident delight she takes in her material are not easily forgotten. Even more impressive is the way in which she applies her quick wit and considerable erudition to the task of making the listener aware of the wealth of historical significance, contemporary connections, and symbolic freight carried by even the most mundane and seemingly ordinary objects of everyday life.