NMLP P-036598 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Bastard Out of Carolina

Dorothy Allison · Dutton (Penguin) · 1992

The US Dutton hardcover is the true first; the British Flamingo edition follows. Allison's debut novel and a National Book Award finalist; the hardcover first precedes the Plume paperback.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036598 for "Bastard Out of Carolina" by Dorothy Allison (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036598, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).