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Georgia Malou

Georgia Malu is a Torres Strait Islander (Boigu Island) poet, writer and editor living in Narrm/Melbourne, and a Griffith Review contributor.

Nov 5, 2026

Big Ideas

Big Ideas

The meaning of loss — whether it devastates you or saves you

Nov 5 · 53m

Carody CulverMODERATOR
6:52
Tell us what it was like to come across those lists years later and what you wanted to explore by revisiting them.
Georgia MalouGUEST
7:00
Yeah, I think it was really interesting, especially the first list.
Georgia MalouGUEST
7:03
The first list was things I wanted to do by the time I was 18, and I had completely forgotten writing that.
Georgia MalouGUEST
7:09
It was in my little old iPod, and I must have written it when I was like 12.
Georgia MalouGUEST
7:13
And going through it, I think I say in the piece I'm talking about how, well, you know, 18, that's when everyone has their shit together.
Georgia MalouGUEST
7:19
And so I thought, you know, well, this will be interesting.
Georgia MalouGUEST
7:23
I guess I'll find out just, you know, what my 12 year old self thought my 18 year old self would be.

11 MINS LATER

Carody CulverMODERATOR
18:48
How did that shape your experience of growing up and how did it feel to leave that behind?

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