A Brief History of English-language Literature

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Leslye Headland (USA, 1980): "Cult of Love" (2018) [t]
Leslye Headland (USA, 1980): "Bachelorette" (2010) [t]
VV Ganeshananthan (USA, 1980): "Brotherless Night" (2023)
Antoinette Nwandu (USA, 1980): "Pass Over" (2016) [t]
Camille DeAngelis (USA, 1980): "Bones & All" (2015)
Kevin Powers (USA, 1980): "The Yellow Birds" (2012)
Kevin Powers (USA, 1980): "A Line in the Sand" (2023)
Justin Torres (USA, 1980): "We the Animals" (2011)
Joshua Cohen (USA, 1980): "The Netanyahus" (2022)
Carla Namwali Serpell (Zambia, 1980): "The Old Drift" (2019)
Aleshea Harris (USA, 1981): "Is God Is" (2016) [t]
Karen Russell (USA, 1981): "Swamplandia" (2012)
Jennifer Croft (USA, 1981): "The Extinction of Irena Rey" (2024)
Sam Riviere (Britain, 1981): "81 Austerities" (2012) [p]
Sam Riviere (Britain, 1981): "Safe Mode" (2017)
Sam Riviere (Britain, 1981): "Dead Souls" (2021)
Imbolo Mbue (Cameroon, 1981): "How Beautiful We Were" (2021)
Valzhyna Mort (Belarus, 1981): "Music For The Dead And Resurrected" (2020) [p]
Annie Baker (USA, 1981): "The Flick" (2013) [t] +
Annie Baker (USA, 1981): "Circle Mirror Transformation" (2009) [t] +
Annie Baker (USA, 1981): "John" (2015) [t] +
Helen Phillips (USA, 1981): "The Need" (2019) +
Helen Phillips (USA, 1981): "Hum" (2024) +
Torrey Peters (USA, 1981): "Detransition Baby" (2021)
Ottessa Moshfegh (USA, 1981): "Eileen" (2015)
Ottessa Moshfegh (USA, 1981): "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" (2018)
Luke Kennard (Britain, 1981): "The Harbour Beyond The Movie" (2007) [p]
Imbolo Mbue (Cameroon, 1981): "Behold the Dreamers" (2016)
Imbolo Mbue (Cameroon, 1981): "How Beautiful We Were" (2021)
Anni Liu (Taiwan, 1981): "Border Vista" (2022) [p]
Patricia Lockwood (USA, 1982): "No One Is Talking About This" (2021)
Louisa Hall (USA, 1982): "Trinity" (2019)
Sequoia Nagamatsu (USA, 1982): "How High We Go in the Dark" (2022)
Patricia Lockwood (USA, 1982): "Balloon Pop Outlaw Black" (2012) [p]
Patricia Lockwood (USA, 1982): "Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals" (2014) [p] +
Patricia Lockwood (USA, 1982): "No One Is Talking About This" (2021)
Tommy Orange (USA, 1982): "There There " (2018)
Avni Doshi (USA, 1982): Burnt Sugar (2020)
Uzodinma Iweala (Nigeria, 1982): "Beasts of No Nation" (2005)
Ariana Reines (USA, 1982): "The Cow" (2006) [p]
Ariana Reines (USA, 1982): "Coeur de Lion" (2007) [p] +
Ariana Reines (USA, 1982): "Mercury" (2011)
Ariana Reines (USA, 1982): "Telephone" (2009) [t]
Tommy Orange (USA, 1982): "There There" (2018)
Tommy Orange (USA, 1982): "Wandering Stars" (2023)
Avni Doshi (USA, 1982): " Girl in White Cotton/ Burnt Sugar" (2019)
Stephen Markley (USA, 1983): "The Deluge" (2023)
Lexi Freiman (Australia, 1983): "Inappropriation" (2018)
Martin MacInnes (Britain, 1983): "Infinite Ground" (2016)
Martin MacInnes (Britain, 1983): "In Ascension" (2023)
Tao Lin (USA, 1983): "Taipei" (2013)
Ling Ma (USA, 1983): "Severance" (2018)
Ishion Hutchinson (Jamaica, 1983): "Far District" (2010) [p]
Ishion Hutchinson (Jamaica, 1983): "House Of Lords And Commons" (2016) [p]
Solmaz Sharif (Iran, 1983): "Look" (2016) [p] +
Solmaz Sharif (Iran, 1983): "Customs" (2022) [p]
Sarah Howe (Britain, 1983): "Loop of Jade" (2015) [p]
Valeria Luiselli (Mexico, 1983): "Lost Children Archive" (2019)
Sara Baume (Ireland, 1984): "Spill Simmer Falter Wither" (2015)
Sara Baume (Ireland, 1984): "Seven Steeples" (2022)
Anthony Marra (USA, 1984): "A Constellation of Vital Phenomena" (2013)
Claire Vaye Watkins (USA, 1984): "Gold Fame Citrus" (2015)
Helen Oyeyemi (Britain, 1984): "Boy Snow Bird" (2014)
Helen Oyeyemi (Britain, 1984): "White is for Witching" (2009)
Helen Oyeyemi (Britain, 1984): "Mr Fox" (2011)
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (USA, 1984): "An Octoroon" (2014) [t]
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (USA, 1984): "Appropriate" (2014) [t]
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (USA, 1984): "Gloria" (2015) [t]
Eleanor Catton (New Zealand, 1985): "The Luminaries" (2013) +
Eleanor Catton (New Zealand, 1985): "Birnam Wood" (2023)
Tea Obreht (USA, 1985): "The Tiger's Wife" (2011)
Tea Obreht (USA, 1985): "Inland" (2019)
Halle Butler (USA, 1985): "Banal Nightmare" (2024)
Nico Walker (USA, 1985): "Cherry" (2018)
Catherine Lacey (USA, 1985): "Nobody Is Ever Missing" (2014)
Catherine Lacey (USA, 1985): "Biography of X" (2023)
Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria, 1986): "The Fishermen" (2015) +
Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria, 1986): "An Orchestra of Minorities" (2019)
Hermione Hoby (Britain, 1985): "Neon In Daylight" (2018)
Imogen Gower (Britain, 1987): "The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock" (2018)
Ferdia Lennon (Ireland, 1987): "Glorious Exploits" (2024)
Victoria-Elizabeth Schwab (USA, 1987): "Vicious" (2013)
Akwaeke Emezi (Nigeria, 1987): "Freshwater" (2018)
Miranda Popkey (USA, 1987): "Topics of Conversation" (2020)
Morgan Parker (USA, 1987): "Magical Negro" (2019) [p]
Angie Thomas (USA, 1988): "The Hate U Give" (2017)
Warsan Shire (Britain, 1988): "Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth" (2011) [p]
Kathleen Alcott (USA, 1988): "America Was Hard to Find" (2019)
VinhQuoc "Ocean" Vuong (USA, 1988): "Night Sky with Exit Wounds" (2017) [p]
Yaa Gyasi (Ghana, 1989): "Transcendent Kingdom" (2020)
Tom Crewe (Britain, 1989): "The New Life" (2023)
Esther Yi (USA, 1989): "Y/N" (2023)
Kaveh Akbar (Iran, 1989): "Portrait of the Alcoholic" (2017) [p]
Kaveh Akbar (Iran, 1989): "Martyr" (2024)

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