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- July 2013
- Charting
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- The Trades Are Glowing
- Dreaming of Forever
- June 2013
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- November 2012
- On The Big Screen
- Fruit Hunters on Dr. Oz
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- February 2011
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- October 2009
- "The Very Noble Train of the Huntsman"
- CBC Book Club And Other News
- September 2009
- Goblin Market
- A Bumper Crop...
- Turning Japanese
- August 2009
- The Children of Light - Photos!
- Get Fruity
- The Eternal Ones of the Dream
- June 2009
- UK Fruit Media Blitz
- May 2009
- Fruits of Desire
- The Fruit Hunters UK... and other editions out now!
- April 2009
- Newsflash: The Center of the Galaxy Tastes Like Raspberries
- Systems of Delayed Orgasms...
- Obsession Lesson
- March 2009
- More Mega-Fruit Coverage
- January 2009
- Reading Matter
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- Miracle Fruit Frenzy Continues!
- October 2008
- Shortlisted 2x, Readings...
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- Morphology, Purple Flowers
- Audio Book
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- July 2008
- Maslin Picks Fruit!
- Montreal Miracle Fruit Party
- Fruity Freakies
- June 2008
- Montreal Launch
- May 2008
- New York Times Hearts Fruit Hunters
- Canadian Tour
- Jerusalem In My Heart
- West Coast
- A New Fruit Hunter Blog
- Q&A
- Utne Reader on Orion Excerpt
- Pre-Publication Fruit Hype
- “Baby, Let’s Make Fruit Salad”
- April 2008
- Fruit Tour
- The City is Blue
- The Trades Are Glowing
Pre-Publication Fruit Hype
May 19, 2008Even though the book still isn’t out, there have already been a couple of interesting pieces on The Fruit Hunters. Besides that article in The Globe and Mail on fruit sex (see the next item down), there was also a sweet review on Bothhands.com urging readers to “get out there and start demanding ice cream bananas!” It also describes The Fruit Hunters as “fascinating… it makes me want to travel to far-away places just to eat exotic fruits… A great read about an incredibly interesting topic.”
The Washington City Paper calls the book “fantastic,” “inspiring” and “wonderful.” It’s “a multilayered magnum opus as well as a very personal love song to a food group.”
Digg.com calls the book “something spectacular! I’ve always had an appreciation for fruit, but nothing on the level of some of the fruit fanatics and fruititarians Gollner meets in this book. It’s on the level of Diane Ackerman’s “A Natural History of the Senses,” albeit less Bath, Bed & Beyond, and more funny!” (Just as an aside, I worship Diane Ackerman).
And there was a Columbia News Service piece on the phenomenon of miracle fruit parties, which quotes me talking about “forbidden fruits.” Totally biblical!
Finally, The Globe and Mail just ran some juicy bits from The Fruit Hunters in a piece called Baby Let’s Make Fruit Salad about people who are turned on by food