NMLP P-014442 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward · Scribner · 2023

The US Scribner hardcover is the first edition; the UK Bloomsbury hardcover appeared in the same October 2023 window, so US and UK firsts are effectively concurrent. Let Us Descend was an Oprah's Book Club selection, and the true first trade printing precedes any Oprah-branded printing.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014442 for "Let Us Descend" by Jesmyn Ward (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014442, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).