NMLP P-017046 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

State of Grace

Joy Williams · Doubleday · 1973

US Doubleday hardcover (1973) is the true first. The later Vintage Contemporaries paperback (ISBN 0-679-72619-5) is a first-thus, not the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-017046 for "State of Grace" by Joy Williams (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-017046, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).