David Foster Wallace reads "Consider the Lobster" (on the 2003 Maine Lobster Festival)

Why it was recommended

here's a video of DFW reading it out

Recommendationunmole · Original2019-03

What it covers

A reading of David Foster Wallace's essay Consider the Lobster, about the 2003 Maine Lobster Festival and the ethics of boiling lobsters alive. The reading runs about 50. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

Manufacturing Intellect

Length

50 min 13 sec

Year

2016

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