NMLP P-015783 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Sterile Cuckoo

John Nichols · David McKay Company · 1965

The US David McKay edition of 1965 is the true first and Nichols's debut; filmed in 1969 (Liza Minnelli). Film-tie-in paperbacks are later. Advance reading copies exist in printed blue stiff wrappers.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015783 for "The Sterile Cuckoo" by John Nichols (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015783, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).