On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual (Penguin

On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual (Penguin Classics)

The groundbreaking work on being homosexual in Americaâ€”available again only from Penguin Classics and with a new foreword by Dan Savage

Originally published in 1971, Merle Millerâ€™sÂ On Being DifferentÂ 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 theÂ New York Times MagazineÂ entitled â€œWhat It Means To Be a Homosexualâ€ in response to a homophobic article published inÂ Harperâ€™s Magazine. Described as â€œthe most widely read and discussed essay of the decade,â€ it carried the seed that would blossom intoÂ On Being Differentâ€”one of the earliest memoirs to affirm the importance of coming out.

For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500Â titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÂ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÂ translations by award-winning translators.

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-09-25

On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual (Penguin Classics)