""Citrus is fruit that freely betrays. Plant a seed from an orange and any of the fifteen hundred species of the Rutaceae family could grow from its burial place.""
""The orange is a fruit born with inherent divergence in its genes. This unrepentant multiplicity drove me to explore the orange in a deeper context.""
In "Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange," Katie Goh explores the multifaceted nature of the orange while paralleling her complex identity as a queer individual of diverse heritage. She delves into how humanity has tried to control the citrus's natural variability through grafting, yet the orange remains a symbol of genetic divergence. The narrative is framed against a backdrop of colonialism and personal history, prompted by a tragic event that led Goh to introspect about identity and ancestry, intertwining her personal journey with the stories of the fruit she examines.
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