David Foster Wallace reads "Consider the Lobster" (on the 2003 Maine Lobster Festival)
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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 minutes.
Why HN recommends it: Linked in threads about lobster welfare as an easy way to take in Wallace's essay.
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