Eli Clare
CONTACT INFORMATION:
pr@homofactuspress.com
BIOGRAPHY:
Genderqueer poet and essayist Eli Clare has a B.A. in Women’s Studies, a M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and most importantly a penchant for rabble-rousing. Among other things, he has walked across the United States for peace, coordinated a rape prevention program in Ann Arbor , Michigan , and helped organize the first ever Queerness and Disability Conference in 2002. He has spoken all over the country at conferences, community events, and colleges about disability, LGBT identities, and other social justice issues. Eli is the author of “Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation.” (South End Press, 1999) More recent work can be found in “GLQ: Desiring Disability–Queer Theory Meets Disability Studies,” “From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond,” and “Dangerous Families: Queer Writing on Surviving,” “Self-Organizing Men: Conscious Masculinities in Time and Space.” He lives in Vermont and works at the University of Vermont ’s LGBTQA Services. When not otherwise occupied, you can find Eli having fun adventures with his sweetie, riding his trike, and hanging out with his dog.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
A collection of poetry and prose, The Marrow’s Telling spans fifteen years, exploring how bodies carry history and identity over time. Embracing contradiction and repetition, this work maps itself around embodied experiences of disability, race, gender transgression and transition, family violence, and sexuality.
BOOK REVIEWS:
“Eli Clare works a vital alchemy in these poems. Using the language of the elemental world, he delineates a complex human intersection and transmutes cruelty into its opposite—a potent, lifegiving remedy.” –Alison Bechdel, creator of Dykes to Watch Out For and Fun Home
“The Marrow’s Telling is tactile, tangible, penetrating; a soft swirl of muted colors that sneaks in under your guard and leaves a lingering taste in your mouth, rather like woodsmoke or blood.”
–Raven Kaldera, author of Hermaphrodeities
“Eli’s work detonates inside of you, right to the edges where you balance.” –Amber Hollibaugh, author of My Dangerous Desires: A Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home
“The Marrow’s Telling trembles with CP and desire, rendered in language both passionate and precise. It is an important book, telling a story—in moments—that the world needs to hear.”
–Jim Ferris, author of The Hospital Poems and The Enjambed Body: A Step toward a Crippled Poetics
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PODCASTS FROM THE MARROW’S TELLING:
Photographs [2:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (105) Camped at 12 Mile Beach [2:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (107) And Yet [5:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (15) Two Waters [2:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (113)
