| Description |
xvi, 74 pages ; 20 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Penguin classics
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-74). |
| Summary |
"Originally published in 1971, Merle Miller On Being Different is a pioneering and thought-provoking book about being gay in America. Just two years after the Stonewall riots, Miller wrote an essay for the New York Times Magazine entitled 'What It Means To Be a Homosexual, ' in response to a homophobic article [published] in Harper Magazine. Miller's writing, described as 'the most widely read and discussed essay of the decade, ' along with an afterord chronicling his inspiration and reader's responses. became On Being Different-- one of the earliest memoirs to affirm the importance of coming out."--Cover. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Dan Savage -- Acknowledgments / Carole Hanley -- A note on the text. -- On being different: What it means to be a homosexual, January 1971 -- Afterword, May 1971. -- [New] afterword / Charles Kaiser -- Appendices: A: Miller's reply to a friend who was critical of the article -- B: Miller's letter to his former wife, Elinor -- Ralph Martin's obituary for Miller -- Fragments from Frank Kameny's foreword to On being different -- Notes. |
| Summary |
Presents the thought-provoking book about being homosexual in the United States. |
| Subject |
Homosexuality.
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| Added Author |
Miller, Merle, 1919-1986.
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| ISBN |
9780143106968 : $14.00 |
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0143106961 |
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