NMLP P-032985 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Broken Ground

Wendell Berry · Harcourt, Brace & World · 1964

True first US edition of Berry's early poetry collection The Broken Ground, his third book and first full collection of poems, so avoid ranking it as an overall debut. A separate first UK edition was later issued by Jonathan Cape (London, 1966).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032985 for "The Broken Ground" by Wendell Berry (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032985, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).