Dorothy Day

<p>Dorothy Day has been described as "the most significant interesting and influential person in the history of American Catholicism." Outside <em>The Catholic Worker</em> (which she edited from 1933 to her death) Day wrote for no other publication so often and over such an extended period—covering six decades—as the independent Catholic journal of opinion <em>Commonweal.</em></p><p>Gathered here for the first time are Day's complete Commonweal pieces including articles reviews and published letters-to-the-editor. They range from the personal to the polemical; from youthful enthusiasm to the gratitude of an aged warrior; sketches from works in progress; portraits of prisoners and dissidents; and a gifted reporter’s dispatches from the flash points of mid-twentieth-century social and economic conflict. Day’s writing offers readers not only an overview of her fascinating life but a compendium of her prophetic insights spiritual depth and unforgettable prose.</p>