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Holding on to hope is hard, even with the pandemic's end in sight – wisdom from poets through the ages

  • Written by Rachel Hadas, Professor of English, Rutgers University - Newark
imageAn upbeat staffer, Yi Arias, at a COVID-19 mass-vaccination event for health care workers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.Irfan Khan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

As we begin to glimpse what might be the beginning of the end of the pandemic, what does hope mean? It’s hard not to sense the presence of hope, but how do we think of it?

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