Award-winning bestselling authors Emilia Roig and Nora Bossong engage in a discussion with Nicola Steiner about contemporary forms and facets of love. They explore attempts to redefine love beyond romantic relationships, emphasizing aspects such as solidarity, empathy, and universal connectedness.​

What does love signify in a world increasingly characterized by individualism, crises, and societal upheavals? Can love serve as a transformative force to question and reshape traditional social structures? How do our relationship models shape society—and vice versa? To what extent can love function not only as a personal but also as a social and political power?​

Emilia Roig (*1983) holds a doctorate in political science and is the founder of the Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ). She is the author of the bestsellers Why We Matter (2021) and The End of Marriage. For a Revolution of Love (2023). Roig teaches intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, gender studies, and postcolonial studies in Germany, France, and the USA. She has published numerous works in German, English, and French and has received multiple awards for her work. In 2022, she was named "Most Influential Woman of the Year" as part of the Impact of Diversity Prize.​

Nora Bossong (*1982) is among the most versatile German-language authors of today. Her novels Schutzzone and Reichskanzlerplatz were bestsellers. She studied at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig, as well as cultural studies, philosophy, and comparative literature in Berlin, Potsdam, and Rome. Bossong has received numerous prestigious awards for her work, including the Thomas Mann Prize.​

Nicola Steiner (*1973) is a German-Swiss cultural journalist and moderator. From 2014 to 2023, she hosted the "Literaturclub" on Swiss Radio and Television (SRF). Since 2023, she has been directing the Literaturhaus Zürich and is a member of the program commission of the Zurich Literature Festival.