NMLP P-010821 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Happy Birthday of Death

Gregory Corso · New Directions · 1960

True first is the 1960 New Directions original; commonly found in the wrappered Paperbook 86 issue, with a simultaneous clothbound issue also recorded.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010821 for "The Happy Birthday of Death" by Gregory Corso (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010821, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).