NMLP P-015238 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Philadelphia Fire

John Edgar Wideman · Henry Holt · 1990

The US Henry Holt hardcover of 1990 is the true first edition. It won the 1991 PEN/Faulkner Award, Wideman's second after Sent for You Yesterday.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015238 for "Philadelphia Fire" by John Edgar Wideman (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015238, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).