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...there's any justice in the world," said the New York Times in its 1993 review of Lars Eighner's Travels with Lizbeth, a memoir of homelessness, "[the book] should guarantee its author a roof over his head for the rest of his life." And indeed, in the weeks and months that followed the publication of Eighner's critically acclaimed work, the reviewer's wish seemed to come true. The Austin, Texas, writer soon moved into a three-bedroom house. His work appeared in Harper's and the New York Times. He lectured in Hawaii and San Francisco. Esquire magazine...
...amazement of Austin's literary community, Lars Eighner was homeless again, living in a tent by a creek bridge not far from where he had written his famous book, eating from Dumpsters again, destitute and with few prospects. For more than two weeks, he lived there with his dog Lizbeth and the same male companion he has been with for nearly a decade. Then some of Eighner's friends rescued him, at least temporarily. For now, by the grace of those friends, the 49-year-old writer temporarily occupies a tiny, one-bedroom apartment...
Eighner is far from a conventional deadbeat. He was in his early 40s before he ever became homeless, and he has worked at many jobs, including a mostly steady decade of work at a state mental hospital. Since Travels with Lizbeth, he has published a novel, a book of essays and several books of gay erotica. He continues to write for a number of Texas publications, which brings in $100 to $300 a month. His Web page, which he designed and built himself, bristles with entrepreneurialism in its offers to sell books and give online writing courses. It's hard...
...mail message sent to RAZA members, A. Lizbeth Flores-Alatorre '99, RAZA's political chair, stated that Danganan and Redmond "have been the only candidates...to contact RAZA and ask for our support." The RAZA endorsement cited Danganan's involvement in MSA and Redmond's "great devotion to issues of ethnicity" as a student representative to the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations...
...Lizbeth F. Alatorre '99, an officer of La Raza, wrote a letter summarizing her concerns...