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Eli Clare is an American poet, essayist, and activist. Clare is the author of three books and has been featured in several anthologies.

Career
Clare attended Mills College where he earned his B.A. in Women's Studies. He then went on to get his M.F.A. in Creative Writing at Goddard College.

His book of poetry, The Marrow's Telling: Words in Motion was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in 2008 and his book Brilliant Imperfection was awarded the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction by the Publishing Triangle. He work has appeared in the anthologies Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetics, Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories, and Staring Back: The Disability Experience from the Inside Out.

Clare helped to organize the first ever Queerness and Disability Conference, which was held at San Francisco State University. He also regularly gives speeches on topics including disability, queerness, race, and how they all intersect.

Non-fiction

 * Brilliant Imperfection OCLC 946461709
 * Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation OCLC 958460132

Poetry

 * The Marrow's Telling OCLC 960709419