User:Saradonati

She who knows not and knows not that she knows not is a fool. Avoid her. She who knows not and knows that she knows not is a child. Teach her. She who knows and knows not that she knows is asleep. Wake her. She who knows and knows that she knows is a wise-ass. Kick her.

Personal Disambiguation
Sara Donati is my pen name; I am published also under my legal names: Rosina Lippi and Rosina Lippi Green. There is a bio page for Rosina Lippi which I did not write and which is in need of editing, but I am unwilling to do that myself. I would prefer to delete it if I can't find an ethical and neutral way to see it updated. In 2000 I left a tenured professorship to write fiction full time.

My best known academic publication: English with an Accent: Language, Ideology and Discrimination in the U.S (second revised and expanded edition appeared in 2012) is under Rosina Lippi Green. I am cited here in WP on a number of articles specifically touching on language ideology.

Historical fiction appears under Sara Donati, contemporary fiction under Rosina Lippi. My first novel won the PEN/Hemingway award in 1999. There is a portfolio of my published work on my website.

I am drafting WP articles for specific short stories by other authors, as well as a lengthy comment for the linguistics WikiProject on the need to update and clarify conflicting articles on eye-dialect, dialect representation in writing, and related topics. I have made small edits to a number of articles on New York City history where factual misstatements could be corrected with appropriate references to published work. I plan a number of additions/discussions on other articles on historical subjects following from my own work on NYC.