Nieman Lecture Features Dorothy Day Editor |
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"Dorothy Day: A Radical, a Journalist, a Saint for Our Time"
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Robert Ellsberg, publisher and editor-in-chief of Orbis Books, spent five years (1975-1980) at the New York City Catholic Worker community, editing the newspaper and learning from Dorothy Day. Ellsberg graduated from Harvard College with a degree in religion and literature and earned a Masters in Theology (ThM) from the Harvard Divinity School. His most recent book is The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day (Marquette University Press, 2008). He is also the author and editor of: By Little and By Little: The Selected Writings of Dorothy Day (Knopf, 1983); Blessed among All Women: Women Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for our Time (Crossroad, 2005); and All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses of Our Time (Crossroad, 1997). He is currently working on a second volume of the Day project, selected letters. |
The event is free and open to all. A Marquette ID card is required to enter Raynor Library; members of the general public are welcome, but seating is limited and pre-registration is preferred. Phone (414-288-5901) or e-mail Matt Blessing with questions about the event.
Mr. Ellsberg's delivery of the 2008 Lucius W. Nieman Lecture is sponsored by the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication.
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