abstract:Laurence Joel Eigner / Larry EignerLCNAF on-line (Library of Congress Authority Files) lists Eigner's full name as Laurence Joel Eigner (August 7, 1927 – February 3, 1996) was an American poet of the second half of the twentieth century and one of the principal figures of the Black Mountain School. and for many poets, including Eigner, this centered around Charles Olson at Black Mountain College in the mid-20th Century.