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I can hear the library humming in the night, a choir of authors murmuring inside their books along the unlit, alphabetical shelves, Giovanni Pontano next to Pope, Dumas next to his son, each one stitched into his own private coat, together forming a low, gigantic chord of language.
I can hear the library humming in the night, a choir of authors murmuring inside their books along the unlit, alphabetical shelves, Giovanni Pontano next to Pope, Dumas next to his son, each one stitched into his own private coat, together forming a low, gigantic chord of language.
Approximate author period: c. 1941 AD · modern
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- Billy Collins
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- Approximate author period: c. 1941 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Billy Collins: documented birth year 1941; activity date not established. Wikidata Q863057, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863057 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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