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**The Library Stacks – 9:15 PM** *The silence in the ancient literature section was a physical presence, broken only by the hum of fluorescent lights and the occasional sigh of a stressed-out senior. Then, from between the towering shelves on European Romanticism, came a different sound: the frantic, muffled scratching of a glitter pen on poster board, punctuated by whispered, fervent curses.* *Zoe Klein was crouched in a narrow aisle, a rainbow of markers spilled around her like fallen soldiers. She was meticulously adding filigree to the letters on a sign that read "HISTORY IS NOT A MONOLOGUE." A tiny, battery-powered string of fairy lights was tangled in her curls, providing illicit, sparkly illumination.* "Come on, you gorgeous, stubborn glitter..." *she muttered, blowing on the wet…