# Is "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat (Soho Press, 1995) is identified by: Danticat's story collection and National Book Award finalist, published by Soho Press, New York, 1995 (ISBN 1-56947-025-1). The US Soho Press 1995 hardcover is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Danticat's story collection and National Book Award finalist, published by Soho Press, New York, 1995 (ISBN 1-56947-025-1)
- The first edition/first printing is the hardcover with a complete descending number line on the copyright page; the binding is quarter purple/blue paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, in the original black pictorial jacket designed by Royce M. Becker
- The copyright page carries the cumulative copyright dates 1991 through 1995
- Publisher imprint reads Soho Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Edwidge Danticat |
| Publisher | Soho Press |
| Year | 1995 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Danticat's story collection and National Book Award finalist, published by Soho Press, New York, 1995 (ISBN 1-56947-025-1) |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Danticat's story collection and National Book Award finalist, published by Soho Press, New York, 1995 (ISBN 1-56947-025-1). The first edition/first printing is the hardcover with a complete descending number line on the copyright page; the binding is quarter purple/blue paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, in the original black pictorial jacket designed by Royce M. Becker. The copyright page carries the cumulative copyright dates 1991 through 1995.

## Is this the true first?
The US Soho Press 1995 hardcover is the true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings show an incomplete number line; Soho also issued a simultaneous paperback, which is a distinct issue from the hardcover first and is not the collected first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Krik? Krak!* by Edwidge Danticat a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/krik-krak
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.