NMLP P-043659 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
Delmore Schwartz · New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut · 1938
New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut, 1938 is the true first — census correct. No UK edition has been traced, so US-only precedence stands. One genuine precedence caveat: the title story first appeared in the inaugural issue of Partisan Review in 1937, a year before the book; that periodical appearance precedes the book but is a magazine printing, not a collected edition, and does not displace the 1938 New Directions as the first edition in book form.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-043659 for "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" by Delmore Schwartz (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043659, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).