Eileen Myles, the Poet Muse of ‘Transparent’ BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Rocking a pinstriped Paul Smith suit and boots that she had picked up in Paris, Eileen Myles rolled into the Golden Globes here last weekend on the arm of her girlfriend, Jill Soloway, the creator of the Amazon series “Transparent,” who was outfitted in a pink tuxedo and platform sneakers. Cool? The epitome. But talk about a “dyke out of water,” as Ms. Myles later described herself. At 66, she has spent the last four decades in the relative obscurity of punk poet-dom, publishing over 20 books of poetry, fiction and criticism, almost all with maverick presses. A generation of female writer-performers view her as indispensable. The rest of us: Eileen who? “I’m a loudmouthed lesbian, which means mainstream invisible,” she said. That is changing, though, and in many ways Ms. Myles — to her ecstatic bewilderment — has Hollywood to thank. Continue reading the main story RELATED COVERAGE Talk: Eileen Myles Wants Men to Take a Hike First came “Grandma,” starring Lily Tomlin as Elle, an indomitable lesbian poet. The character was not overtly modeled on Ms. Myles, according to Paul Weitz, the film’s writer-director. But her poetry is showcased. (When Mr. Weitz called to seek permission, the ever-blunt Ms. Myles recalled responding: “Am I going to be some old lesbian sitting on the porch scratching her balls? Because that’s kind of embarrassing.”)