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This reminds me that everyone should read Consider The Lobster by DFW. [1] It's such a straightforward, yet well written think piece about this exact subject.
by helloplanets 5y ago
This reminds me that everyone should read Consider The Lobster by DFW. [1] It's such a straightforward, yet well written think piece about this exact subject.
[1]: http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf
- wastholm 5y agoI got a 404 at that address but this seems to be the same article (I had to override a TLS certificate warning to get it): https://www.theessayexperiencefall2013.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2013/11/Consider-the-Lobster_david-foster-wallace.pdf https://www.theessayexperiencefall2013.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/...
- sharkweek 5y agoAlso available here as an audio recording, read by Wallace himself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fZOl7C_vDI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fZOl7C_vDI