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What good company we will keep then, among a library lost, only momentarily invisible, waiting patiently to be found.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nTom Cardamone's essay, from which this passage is taken, likely resonated with fellow book lovers and writers in the early 2000s. The sentiment reflects a bygone era when independent bookstores were struggling to remain viable, and e-books were still an emerging force. As a historian of Tom Cardamone's life, I can attest that his work often celebrated the rarefied world of books and writing.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nAt first glance, this passage appears to be a nostalgic ode to the beauty of printed books. However, upon closer examination, it reveals a nuanced exploration of the fleeting nature of creation. 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(I’m not claiming to have the honest answers.) Will we resist easy reductions?",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":60,"quote_text":61,"author_id":5,"source_id":32,"has_image":18,"author":62,"source":63,"quote_tag":64,"commentary":9},850279,"There is very little literature even on the fringes of our American canon describing sex in old age, and even less willing to explore the complexities of what motivates us sexually beyond the simple goal of orgasm-related satisfaction.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":66,"quote_text":67,"author_id":5,"source_id":32,"has_image":18,"author":68,"source":69,"quote_tag":70,"commentary":9},850278,"Gore Vidal once said to me during an interview. “I think he’s out of his mind. Why limit yourself any more than literature has limited you? In a world where people don’t read, what are you going to make of a man who calls himself a gay novelist? What’s that supposed to mean, that he’s only going to write about cock?",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":72,"quote_text":73,"author_id":5,"source_id":32,"has_image":18,"author":74,"source":75,"quote_tag":76,"commentary":9},850277,"This prowess with extended metaphor, which has made his fiction so memorable, the best of it so enduring, is on display here throughout. 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