"Cosmic Fruit" in Orion Magazine

I'm thrilled to have my essay "Cosmic Fruit" in the gorgeous summer issue of Orion Magazine. It's part of a collection of lyric essays on food and cultural memory that I've been slowly pecking away at for several years now, which includes "Dark Fruit: A Cultural and Personal History of the Plum" in Los Angeles Review of Books and "Used to be Schwartz" in The Rumpus. You can subscribe to Orion Magazine or pick up a copy at your favorite bookstore or newsstand. Here's a taste of "Cosmic Fruit":

UPDATE (7/9): You can also read the essay online here.

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