NMLP P-022177 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Native Guard

Natasha Trethewey · Houghton Mifflin · 2006

The US Houghton Mifflin edition (2006) is the true first. The first issue precedes a later reissue that added a Pulitzer Prize seal, a redesigned cover, and an accompanying CD, so an early copy without the Pulitzer seal and CD indicates the first issue.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-022177 for "Native Guard" by Natasha Trethewey (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022177, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).