An Anarchist Saint

[Era Might]

Thanks for posting this, Aloyisius!  I am definitely going to read more about her.  I am a huge Noam Chomsky fan so it will be cool to read what he read in admiration.  I don't know how I got away with not knowing this stuff for so long.

 

Start with her autobiography "The Long Loneliness."

 

When she converted to Catholicism she had a very painful decision to make in breaking with her daughter's father, who was an atheist. Her daughter grew up in the environment of the Catholic Worker, and Dorothy Day struggled with the life she had given her daughter, on the one hand so full of community, but on the other hand a less than "normal" life. She was a remarkable woman and carried her crosses and contradictions like everyone else.

 

Peter Maurin was a great man as well. He was an immigrant from a big Catholic family in France, a simple man with a big heart.

Edited December 1, 2012 by Era Might

[Era Might]

Another book you might like is "Dorothy Day: A Radical Devotion" by Robert Coles who got involved with the Catholic Worker as a young man and conducted interviews with Day. He knew her well and this book looks at all the facets of her personality from the perspective of a psychiatrist and a friend.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Dorothy-Day-Devotion-Radcliffe-Biography/dp/0201079747

Edited December 1, 2012 by Era Might