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‘Loss,’ wrote Marcus Aurelius, ‘is nothing else but change’. We lose face, lose time, lose heart, lose touch, lose ground, lose our keys (often); we can lose the things that hold us back or weigh us down, just as we can lose the people and places we love most.

Loss, whether it offers us pain or reward, is fundamental to the experience of being human. What might we lose or gain as technology continues its rapid advance? How do we halt the loss of our natural world? What’s lost by growing up between cultures? Are we losing our sense of a shared reality? And what are the benefits to being a loser?

Lose yourself in this edition of Griffith Review as we go in search of answers.

Published May, 2026
ISBN: 978-1-923213-19-7
Extent: 196pp
Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook, PDF

Cover image: Marie Pol, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (2022), oil on linen, 92 x 82 cm