The atmosphere feels electric with anticipation. All around us we hear the same question: “Is she here?” Laura Boldrini’s event at Turin’s Circolo dei Lettori, a grand literary social club, has been sold out for days. Staff buzz around, making final adjustments to seats and decorations.
When Boldrini arrives, she pauses as she moves through the room to gracefully greet people, but eventually reaches our table, in a back room with high painted ceilings.
While waiting, we noticed that many of the paintings on the walls are portraits, and almost all of them are of men. We noticed this because we are feminist journalists – but also because it made the setting for this interview seem even more appropriate.
