Dorothy Day: A Radical Devotion

Robert Coles. Da Capo Press, $18.5 (206pp) ISBN 978-0-201-07974-6

Pulitzer Prize-winning Coles ( Children of Crisis ) here presents Dorothy Day, founder of the newspaper the Catholic Worker , whom he acknowledges as spiritual mentor. ``Day's compelling point of view is expressed in story format in an unconventional biography that is appropriate for the sensual woman many consider a saint,'' wrote PW. (Apr.)

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