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On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual (Penguin Classics)
Merle Miller
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Description for On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual (Penguin Classics)
Paperback. A book about being homosexual in the United States. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 80.
Originally published in 1971, Merle Miller's On Being Different is a pioneering and thought-provoking book about being homosexual in the United States. Just two years after the Stonewall riots, Miller wrote a poignant essay for the New York Times Magazine entitled "What It Means To Be a Homosexual" in response to a homophobic article published in Harper's Magazine. Described as "the most widely read and discussed essay of the decade," the article was developed into the remarkable short book On Being Different - one of the earliest memoirs to affirm the importance of coming out.
Merle Miller (1919-1986) was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143106968
SKU
V9780143106968
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99-99
About Merle Miller
Charles Kaiser (Afterword by) CHARLES KAISER is a former reporter for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and a former press critic for News-week. He has also written for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian (London), New York magazine, and Vanity Fair, among others. He is the author of 1968 in America ... Read more
Reviews for On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual (Penguin Classics)
Forty years later, the story Miller tells remains important and necessary to read, not only for both gay and straight readers to understand the way 'it used to be', but because the issues Miller raised are still being discussed and argued about.
Nancy Pearl Miller bridged the gap between the straights and the gays in a way that few ... Read more
Nancy Pearl Miller bridged the gap between the straights and the gays in a way that few ... Read more