In this Politics and Prose event, Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn reads from their second essay collection, I Have This Thing for Flowers: Essays on the Roots of Relationships (Flatiron Books, 2026), and discusses how researching and writing about flowers helped structure their personal experiences in a conversation with Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes. Sawchyn’s book is featured in Page One in the September/October 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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