1985

U.S. becomes net debtor nation for first time since early 1900s
Cocaine usage peaks in the U.S.
"Between Men" by Eve Kosofsky-Sedgwick
"City of Glass" by Paul Auster
"White Noise" by Don DeLillo
"Moths and Other Stories," "The Cariboo Café" by Helena María Viramontes
"Material Girl" by Madonna
"Blue Velvet," directed by David Lynch
"She Unnames Them" by Ursula K. Le Guin