In addition to her writing, Donato is the creator of various feminist digital artworks and performance interventions, and is also an illustrator, photographer, singer-songwriter, and practitioner of Zen meditation. [6][7][1][8] She has collaborated with artists including
Anna Moschovakis,
Told Slant,
David Jhave Johnston, Anastasios Karnazes, and
Mark Baumer.[1][9] She is currently the Assistant Chairperson of Writing at
Pratt Institute, where she virtually addressed the Class of 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic alongside
Neil Gaiman.[2][10]
Works
Donato's works include publications in Forever,Parapraxis,GoldFlakePaint, The Chicago Review,The Brooklyn Rail,Oversound,VICE,DIAGRAM, The Believer,BOMB, and Harp & Altar.[11] Her books are:
Someone Else's Body (chapbook) (Cannibal Books, 2009)[12]
The Second Body (poetry collection) (Poor Claudia, 2016)[18]
The One on Earth: Selected Works on Mark Baumer (introduction to prose anthology) (Fence Books, 2021)[12]
Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts (short story collection) (Archway Editions, 2023)[19]
Her collaboration with Jeff T. Johnson on SPECIAL AMERICA was an ongoing performance that ended in 2016.[20] This work started within the electronic literature community as a performance and was translated as a movie.[21] She collaborated on netprovs such as All Time High.[22] Her video-based work, Material Studies has been shown at the New York
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) PS1,
Knockdown Center,
Harvard University, and
University Fernando Pessoa.[23]
Awards
John Hawkes Prize in Fiction for Burial[5] judged by Robert Coover.[2]
2020 Distinguished Teacher Award at Pratt Institute[11]