Updated Edition: The Impossible Will Take a Little While
Posted by Paul Loeb on September 29, 2026
The new edition of Paul Loeb’s book on political hope, The Impossible Will Take a Little While, is now available.
The Impossible shows what it’s like to go up against Goliath and win–on battlefields from the 2024 South Korean coup, Putin’s prisons, South African apartheid, American slavery, and defeatism about climate change. Authors include Nelson Mandela, Alexei Navalny, Bill McKibben, Diane Ackerman, Jesmyn Ward, Howard Zinn, Heather Cox Richardson, Alice Walker, Sherman Alexie, Vaclav Havel, Paul Hawken, Rutger Bregman, Bill Moyers, Audre Lorde, Mary Pipher, Tony Kushner, Maya Angelou, Pablo Neruda, Marian Wright Edelman, Terry Tempest Williams, Desmond Tutu, and fifty-two other powerful voices. Without minimizing the obstacles, their stories inspire hope to keep on pushing for what we believe.
Request Complimentary Exam Copies: If you teach a relevant course or supervise a relevant program where The Impossible might be assigned, CLICK HERE to request your free examination copy of its wholly updated new edition. You can also request a free exam copy of Paul’s Soul of a Citizen, available through the same form. Or order either book if you don’t teach a relevant class but would still like a copy.
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