User:Cy.Doyle/Lars Eighner/Bibliography

Amy Weaver Dorning. (2022). Lars Eighner’s Memoir of Homelessness Struck Gold. He Still Struggled to Keep a Roof Over His Head. Texas Monthly.


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Chin, Paula, and Anne Maier. “Homeless no more.” People, vol. 41, no. 2, Jan, 1994, p. 71.


 * Chin and Maier highlight the work in Eighner’s life that lead him to having success. This source can help with me adding a new section giving information about his work and how it impacted the readers. This source also highlights where Eighner was born and about his parents. This can help with adding more information about his early life.

Edit Team. “6th Annual Lambda Literary Awards.” Lambda Literary, July, 1994.


 * Provides information on the awards Eighner was nominated for. This can be used in the section about his work to show what he was nominated for. Could be paired with the information found about what magazines he was published to.

EIGHNER, L. "DUMPSTER DIVING IS OUTDOOR WORK". Seattle Times, Aug, 1992.


 * The Seattle Times touches on the importance of On Dumpster Diving on Eighner’s life. This source will help with adding to the section about his work and include the impact they had on his life and being homeless. Gives quotes from Eighner himself and his thoughts about living this life of dumpster diving. I can use this in the section On Dumpster Diving to give insight into how Eighner thought about his own life.

Eighner, L. (2013). "On Dumpster Diving". New England Journal of Public Policy, vol. 24, no.1, p. 87.

Eighner, L. “My daily dives in the dumpster.” Harper’s Magazine, Sep, 2015.
 * This source gives information about when Eighner became homeless. This can be used to help put a timeline of information together about his life. It also gives information on how and when On Dumpster Diving was first published. This can be included in the section about his work.


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Genzlinger, N. (2022a, ). Lars Eighner, 73, Who Wrote Eloquently Of His Experiences With Being Homeless: [Biography]. New York Times.


 * Genzlinger provides information about both On Dumpster Diving  and Travels With Lizabeth. Genzlinger also provides information on Eigner’s parents and about his jobs before writing had helped him become stable, This source can be used for sections about his work and early life. The information provided gives insight into his parents’ life and how his book became what they are.


 * Genzligner provides information on an essay collection and comic novel written by Eighner that weren’t very popular but were still an important step to where is had gotten as a writer. Gives more information about where Eighner attended college and about the help his friend gave him in publishing many of his essays and books. This can help add information to early life and notable work.

Gwynee, S. C. (1998). “Travels to nowhere.” Times Magazine, Vol. 151, No. 3, p. 4.

Raban, J. “The view from a literary dumpster” The New York Times, p. 1, Oct, 1993.
 * Gwynee gives insight to the homelessness Eighner endures after the success of his novels. Although he had come to reach a level of success, it wasn’t enough to keep a roof over his head. This information could be added to the section about his personal life.


 * Raban provides information about the road that Eighner has taken to try and become an influential writer. This can be used to add to the personal life, notable work, and even early life.