NMLP P-017773 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Literal Madness: Three Novels

Kathy Acker · Grove Press · 1988

True first collected edition is the 1988 Grove hardcover. 'Kathy Goes to Haiti' first appeared 1978 (Rumour Publications, Toronto); 'My Death My Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini' first appeared 1984 (Pan Books, London); 'Florida' first appeared in book form here.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-017773 for "Literal Madness: Three Novels" by Kathy Acker (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-017773, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).