Lars Eighner

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Eighner began writing for publication in the early 1980s. By that time he was generally known as Lars, the result of having worked in a small office with two Larrys. Because in early writing attempts he had been confused with Black Mountain poet Larry Eigner, Eighner used "Lars" for writing. His first book was a collection of short stories, Bayou Boy and Other Stories (Gay Sunshine Press, 1985). In the late 1980s, he and his dog Lizbeth became homeless, and his experiences as a homeless person in Austin, Texas; Los Angeles, and places in between are the subject of Travels with Lizbeth. Eighner had published the comic novel “Pawn to Queen Four” in the 1980s. Eighner became homeless a second time in 1988 after leaving a job he had held for ten years as an attendant at a state hospital in Austin, Texas. Although he was homeless, he was featured in many magazines and became integrated into the writing community. Eighner’s work has emerged in various magazines such as Harper’s in 1991 and The New York Times in 1998. In 1994, he lectured in both Hawaii and San Francisco and even made an appearance at the Oscars as a representative for Esquire magazine. In 1994, Eighner’s piece, “Travels With Lizabeth” was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for “Gay Men’s Biography/Autobiography.” In 1994, Lars was still being noticed for his work and was elected to the Texas Institute of Letters. Although his publications were popular, they never seemed to keep him out of poverty, he had published “Gay Cosmos” in 1995 and his literary output still dried up.

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