Eli Clare weaves hope, critical analysis, and compassionate storytelling together in his work on disability and queerness/transness, insisting on the twine of race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, and environmental justice.
Eli Clare
Writer, speaker, activist, teacher, poet.
Book Launch Events
Join Eli Clare for the launch of his new book Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming.
The next hybrid (both in-person and remote) book event of 2026 with Eli Zooming in is at the University of Toronto on March 5 at 6:30 pm EST: for more details and online registration, click the “Read More” link below.
Whether keynoting a conference, helping build queer disability community, or facilitating an anti-ableism training, Eli brings a poet’s passion for language and an activist’s passion for social justice to his work.
Eli’s groundbreaking books, including his brand new Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming, are read by academics and activists alike. They are used frequently in classrooms and passed among friends.
Thought-provoking, compassionate, and challenging, Eli will enliven your classroom, fire up your conference, and educate your organization. Bring him to your community or campus to teach, speak, or train.
Banner image: Eli Clare – Painting by Riva Leher. Photo of Eli at beach by Samuel Lurie. Photo of Eli at the mic by Mengwen Cao.