Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Courtesy of the publishers It’s a truism that the Irish cast a long and influential shadow over English-language literature. James Joyce appears near the top of most lists of influential writers, and more recently, Sally Rooney discourse clogs our feeds every time she publishes a new novel. Last year, four of the five writers longlisted for the Booker Prize were Irish. Considering that heritage, we asked a small group of writers and editors to choose the