Peggy Ellsberg is a poet and scholar who teaches English at Barnard College. She is the author of Created to Praise: The Language of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Oxford University Press, 1987) and The Gospel in Gerard Manley Hopkins: Selections from His Poems, Letters, Journals, and Spiritual Writings (Plough, 2017).
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
“Revived Again, Again, Again”: On Lisa Russ Spaar’s “Madrigalia: New and Selected Poems”
Peggy Ellsberg sings the praises of Lisa Russ Spaar’s “Madrigalia: New and Selected Poems.”...
By Morning Light: On Mark Jarman’s “Dailiness: Essays on Poetry”
Peggy Ellsberg finds transformative wisdom in Mark Jarman’s “Dailiness: Essays on Poetry.”...
Manifestations of Higher Meaning: On Dana Gioia’s “The Catholic Writer Today” and “Studying with Miss Bishop”
Peggy Ellsberg praises the clarity, reverence, and affection of “The Catholic Writer Today” and “Studying with Miss Bishop” by Dana Gioia....
