miu miu literary club 2026 | politics of desire

Miuccia Prada gathered a crowd of thinkers at the Circolo Filologico Milanese for the 2026 Miu Miu Literary Club, replacing the expected fashion chatter with a three-day dive into ‘Politics of Desire.’ The event explored how the concept of wanting functions as an act of defiance. Reviving the tradition of the literary salon allowed the programme to use the work of two powerhouse authors to pick apart the messy boundaries of consent and staying true to oneself. Annie Ernaux, the Nobel Prize-winning French author known for her uncompromising memoirs, occupied the first day as her book ‘A Girl’s Story’ forced a look back at the long shadow of a summer in 1958. Actor Dianna Agron read from the text, capturing the shift from an eighteen-year-old’s innocence to the clinical memory of the adult writer. Later, author and curator Lou Stoppard hosted a panel with Annabelle Hirsch, a cultural journalist and author of ‘A History of Women in 101 Objects,’ alongside feminist theorist Lea Melandri and novelist Megan Nolan, whose work frequently explores the darker edges of intimacy. The talk turned to how social expectations often rewrote personal histories, while media theorist and Professor at Goldsmiths Olga Goriunova followed with a lecture on desire in the age of AI. Her session questioned how digital footprints created... Read more » The post miu miu literary club 2026 | politics of desire appeared first on Schön! Magazine.