William D. Miller (1) (1916–)

More a hagiography than a biography, A Harsh and Dreadful Love (1973) was published in Day's own lifetime (she died in 1980) and was de facto an "authorized" biography even if not officially so. I also find annoying the author's tendency always to refer to Day as "Dorothy Day" (never simply by surname, unlike his sometime references to other individuals).

Also, A Harsh and Dreadful Love does not contain any footnoting of sources, a failing for which the author makes a (to me) unsuccessful apology in an appended and very inadequate listing of sources.

One particular like: the chapter on Ammon Hennacy, whose name I knew but nothing else.… (altro)