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Borrowing a phrase from a Billie Holiday song for its title, the anthology The Impossible Will Take a Little While hopes to, in the words of its subtitle, offer Perseverance and Hope in Troubled Times. Edited by Paul Rogat Loeb and first published in 2004, the collection of forty-nine essays is subdivided into nine thematic categories but centers on the possibility and necessity of hope, courage, and action against injustice. Some essays touch on sensitive topics such as state violence and systemic racism.