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Rose was committed to the idea of books and reading as a gateway to success, but she was well aware that despite the impressive advances of African Americans since the end of Reconstruction, segregation remained the norm in the US public library system. Rose's essay reflects the "faith in reading" that galvanized many people in the late-nineteenthand early-twentieth-century United States, especially members of politically marginalized groups such as women, immigrants, and African Americans.4 Simon Gikandi has recently coined the phrase "fantasy of the library" to describe the experience of aspiring writers who, enamored of literature, develop an inordinate reverence for the institution that makes it available.