Claire Donato

Claire Donato is the author of the novel Burial (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2013) and a forthcoming full-length book of poems, The Second Body (Poor Claudia, 2016). Her writing across genres has recently appeared or is forthcoming in PEN America, Aufgabe, Tarpaulin Sky, Encyclopedia L-Z, LIT, Octopus, and The Organism for Poetic Research's PELT. She is also the author of a poetry chapbook, Someone Else’s Body (Cannibal Books). As a digital language artist, she collaborates on Atelier Spatial America, a speculative architecture and design firm; Special America, a critical performance intervention; and various netprovs (networked improv narratives). She holds an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, where she is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Architecture Writing and BFA Writing Programs at Pratt Institute. For more information, follow her @clairedonato or visit somanytumbleweeds.com.