Reading & Conversation: Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn "I Have This Thing for Flowers" (w/ Diana Khoi Nguyen)
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · 7:00 PM EDT · White Whale Bookstore · Pittsburgh, PA
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RSVP to attend in-store! Register for Livestream! We are grateful to host regional writer, Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn, at the Whale to celebrate her new essay collection, I Have a Thing for Flowers! Structured like an herbarium, each essay pairs a flower with a person from Sawchyn's life to compose a delightful blend of botanical research and intimate meditations on love. Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn will be joined in conversation by local poet, multimedia artist, and educator, Diana Khoi Nguyen. A story of love, marriage, and flowers from beloved writer and gardening enthusiast, Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn Six months before her wedding, Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn’s fiancé broke off their engagement. Stunned, reeling, and newly uninsured, Alysia married her friend Sarah in an arrangement that secured them both free health insurance. They moved in together in the midst of the pandemic, and with time and while tending a garden, their marriage of convenience grew into a marriage of love. In science, art, an
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