NMLP P-017072 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
A Garden of Earthly Delights
Joyce Carol Oates · Vanguard Press · 1967
US Vanguard, 1967 is the true first. Oates substantially revised the text for the 2003 Modern Library edition, so the 1967 Vanguard is the textual first; note the actual title is 'A Garden of Earthly Delights' (some listings drop the leading article).
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-017072 for "A Garden of Earthly Delights" by Joyce Carol Oates (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-017072, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).