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. Personal life On July 5, 2015, Eighner was married to the man called Clint in his memoir, with whom he had lived for nearly 28 years. In 2017, he assumed his husband's surname and his legal name became Laurence Eighner Hexamer. Eighner suffered from many medical issues throughout his life. Eigner encountered many health problems along with his weight issues, he suffered from phlebitis, migraines, and arthritis. Eighner, himself, said in a New York Times interview that his weight problems were because “It costs money to lose weight” Eighner stated in an interview with The New York Times that at one point in his life, he was “360 pounds on his 6-foot-3-inch frame.” He died aged 73 on December 23, 2021 in Austin. Notable work Travels With Lizabeth - This story retells the three years that Eigner spent on the streets; starting in the late 1980s, he traveled by any transportation means possible and found meals in different places, including other people’s garbage. According to Genzlinger in The New