Book Recommendations

• Spring 2005: Walk in Shadows by Nicholas Kaufmann and Compositions for the Young and Old by Paul G. Tremblay
• Winter 2005: The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub
• September/October/November 2004: The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
• June/July/August 2004: High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale
• March/April/May 2004: Pine Shallow by Darrin Wilson
• December/January/February 2004: Spirits in the Wires by Charles de Lint
• September/October/November 2003: The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
• June/July/August 2003: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
• March/April/May 2003: The Hours by Michael Cunningham
• January/February 2003: Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
• December 2002: The Wolf's Hour by Robert R. McCammon
• November 2002: Blue Movie by Terry Southern
• October 2002: The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell
• September 2002: Uncommon Grounds by Mark Pendergrast
• August 2002: Hosts by F. Paul Wilson
• July 2002: The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) by Gunter Grass
• June 2002: Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime by John Dunning
• May 2002: Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
• April 2002: Trust Me: Short Stories by John Updike

  
  

Movie Recommendations

• Spring 2005: Real Time: Siege at Lucas Street Market (Director: Max Allan Collins; Screenplay: Max Allan Collins from his short story "Inconvenience Store")
• Winter 2005: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Director: Alfonso Cuarón; Screenplay: Steve Kloves from the novel by J.K. Rowling)
• September/October/November 2004: Once Upon a Time in the West (Director: Sergio Leone; Screenplay: Sergio Leone and Sergio Donati [from a story by Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Dario Argento])
• June/July/August 2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Director: Michel Gondry; Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman)
• March/April/May 2004: Five Lines (Director: Nick Panagopolous; Screenplay: Nick Panagopolous and Christian Zonts)
• December/January/February 2004: Kill Bill: Volume One (Director: Quentin Tarantino; Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino from a character created by Q&U)
• September/October/November 2003: Heaven (Director: Tom Tykwer; Screenplay: Krysztof Kieslowski)
• June/July/August 2003: Citizen Kane (Director: Orson Welles; Screenplay: Orson Welles and Herman Mankiewicz)
• March/April/May 2003: JFK (Director: Oliver Stone; Screenplay: Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar)
• January/February 2003: Waiting for Guffman (Director: Christopher Guest; Screenplay: Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy)
• December 2002: Real Life (Director: Albert Brooks; Screenplay: Albert Brooks, Monica Mcgowan Johnson, and Harry Shearer)
• November 2002: Sleuth (Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Screenplay: Anthony Shaffer [from his play])
• October 2002: Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey: A Career in Profile
• September 2002: To Be or Not to Be (Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Edwin Justus Mayer)
• August 2002: Waking Life (Director: Richard Linklater; Screenplay: Richard Linklater)
• July 2002: The Gift (Director: Sam Raimi; Screenplay: Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson)
• June 2002: Mulholland Drive (Director: David Lynch; Screenplay: David Lynch)

Music Recommendations

• Spring 2005: C'mon, Miracle by Mirah
• Winter 2005: Four Steps Toward a Cultural Revolution by The Beakers
• September/October/November 2004: Magic Wand by Little Wings
• June/July/August 2004: New England by Jason Anderson
• March/April/May 2004: Live in Japan February 19th, 21st, and 22nd, 2003 by "The Microphones"
• December/January/February 2004: ICU in Dandylions by BrokenNess
• September/October/November 2003: Invisible Shield by Various K Records Artists
• June/July/August 2003: By the Way by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• March/April/May 2003: Mount Eerie by the Microphones
• January/February 2003: Riot Act by Pearl Jam
• December 2002: Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos
• November 2002: Run Lola Run soundtrack
• October 2002: Sea Change by Beck
• September 2002: How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All by the Firesign Theatre
• August 2002: Busted Stuff by Dave Matthews Band
• July 2002: The Glow, Pt. 2 by the Microphones
• June 2002: Songs Inspired by Literature: Chapter One by Artists for Literacy
  (a benefit CD for the SIBL Project, all net proceeds of which go toward literacy programs)