NMLP P-012311 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Writin' Is Fightin': Thirty-Three Years of Boxing on Paper

Ishmael Reed · Atheneum · 1988

True first is the 1988 Atheneum (New York) edition. Note the correct subtitle is 'Thirty-Seven Years of Boxing on Paper,' not 'Thirty-Three Years'; the title as given is incorrect. A revised, expanded edition appeared from Addison-Wesley in 1998 as 'Writin' Is Fightin': Forty-Three Years of Boxing on Paper.'

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-012311 for "Writin' Is Fightin': Thirty-Three Years of Boxing on Paper" by Ishmael Reed (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-012311, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).