NMLP P-033944 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Plains Song: For Female Voices

Wright Morris · Harper & Row · 1980

The US Harper & Row hardcover of 1980 is the true first. It won the fiction award presented in 1981; during 1980 to 1986 the National Book Award was administered under the American Book Awards (TABA) name, so contemporary references call it the American Book Award.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033944 for "Plains Song: For Female Voices" by Wright Morris (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033944, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).