All the Way to Heaven
by Dorothy Day
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Synopsis
"The publication of the letters of Dorothy Day is a significant event in the history of Christian spirituality." -Jim Martin, SJ, author of My Life with the Saints Dorothy Day, cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement, has been called the most significant, interesting, and influential person in the history of American Catholicism. Now the publication of her letters, previously sealed for 25 years after her death and meticulously selected by Robert Ellsberg,... more
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- All Critics: 8
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Catholic Worker | 1 Feb 2011
The editing by Robert Ellsberg, a former editor of the New York Catholic Worker and the editor of two other books on Dorothy’s writings, is outstanding.
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American Magazine | 8 Nov 2010
This previously unreleased correspondence records a poignant story of unfulfilled longing, unrequited love.
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Shirt of Flame | 12 Jun 2011
And again, we have editor Robert Ellsberg to thank for this massive and painstaking labor of love.
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John Dear | 1 Jan 2011
That’s one of the helpful insights in the first-ever collection, All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day (edited by Robert Ellsberg, Marquette University Press, 2010).
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Corpus NCR | 20 May 2011
With an important selection such as this, how satisfying and reassuring to know its editor, Ellsberg, was so closely acquainted with his subject.
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the revealer | 7 Mar 2011
Day’s letters put flesh on the bones of her conventional narrative, and while Ellsberg does flesh things out nicely with periodic editorial supplements, without some additional background, what would otherwise be rare and intriguing insights into the life of a human gem will be just… her mail.
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The New York Times | 19 Mar 2012
Sainthood and the single woman. Sanctity without incredulity. Sexual love without regret. That’s the totally ordinary, amazing thing about Dorothy Day.
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Infoshop News | 7 Nov 2010
They certainly confirm the deep, passionate love described in Dorothy’s memoir, thus underscoring the incredible sacrifice she endured for the sake of her faith.
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