# Is "Olio" by Tyehimba Jess a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Olio by Tyehimba Jess (Wave Books, 2016) is identified by: First edition published by Wave Books (Seattle) in 2016, a paperback original (ISBN 9781940696201) with the distinctive interactive design: perforated pages, foldouts, photos, drawings, and tables. US Wave Books (2016) is the true first edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition published by Wave Books (Seattle) in 2016, a paperback original (ISBN 9781940696201) with the distinctive interactive design: perforated pages, foldouts, photos, drawings, and tables
- Won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- Publisher imprint reads Wave Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Tyehimba Jess |
| Publisher | Wave Books |
| Year | 2016 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | First edition published by Wave Books (Seattle) in 2016, a paperback original (ISBN 9781940696201) with the distinctive interactive design… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First edition published by Wave Books (Seattle) in 2016, a paperback original (ISBN 9781940696201) with the distinctive interactive design: perforated pages, foldouts, photos, drawings, and tables. Won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

## Is this the true first?
US Wave Books (2016) is the true first edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition. Note the distinctive interactive design with perforated and foldout pages, confirmed by the publisher and library catalog records.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Olio* by Tyehimba Jess a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/olio
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.