# Is "Ozone Journal" by Peter Balakian a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Ozone Journal by Peter Balakian (University of Chicago Press, 2015) is identified by: First edition published by the University of Chicago Press in 2015 in the Phoenix Poets series, issued in both cloth (ISBN 9780226207032 paper; a cloth issue also exists) and paper. US University of Chicago Press (2015), Phoenix Poets series, is the true first edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition published by the University of Chicago Press in 2015 in the Phoenix Poets series, issued in both cloth (ISBN 9780226207032 paper; a cloth issue also exists) and paper
- Won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- Publisher imprint reads University of Chicago Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Peter Balakian |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| Year | 2015 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | First edition published by the University of Chicago Press in 2015 in the Phoenix Poets series, issued in both cloth (ISBN 9780226207032… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First edition published by the University of Chicago Press in 2015 in the Phoenix Poets series, issued in both cloth (ISBN 9780226207032 paper; a cloth issue also exists) and paper. Won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

## Is this the true first?
US University of Chicago Press (2015), Phoenix Poets series, is the true first edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Ozone Journal* by Peter Balakian a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/ozone-journal
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.