Austin Baker on Botticelli's Mars & Venus
Trey Rountree on van Gogh's Night Café
Nathan Harrell on a Frida Kahlo self-portrait
Katie Odom on Storypeople by Brian Andreas
Elise Smith on a Rembrandt self-portrait of 1628
Tiffany Langlinais on Madame Matisse

Ted Ammon et al. on brilliant close-up performances

Cree Cantrell on the Rocky pose

Brit Katz on great staircase scenes

Mary Louise Lones on The Motorcycle Diaries

Spring 2006 Philosophy of Film all-time top ten film lists

LITERATURE HOOKS AND LISTS

David Guyott on Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Andy Carlson on Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Micah Shear on Tom Bombadil in Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

FACULTY PLEASURE READING PICKS -- the 1/19/07 Forum

Steve Smith's "Great Reading" Lists

MUSIC HOOKS AND LISTS

Brandi Buckler on Girl Talk, .fun, and The Format
John Conway on Paul Simon lyrics

David Guyott on 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day

Olivia Reinecke on "Fix You" by Coldplay

Nedah Nemati on "Can't" by Alan Lastufka

Joel Mabry on "Way Down In The Hole" by Tom Waits

Joe Muller on Hilary Hahn's performance of Bach's Chaconne for Solo Violin

Steve Smith on Chrissie Hynde in "Brass In Pocket" by The Pretenders

Justin Tatum on "Close To The Edge" by Yes

The Rock & Pop Hooks Hall of Fame

TEMPLE OF THE SONG -- the 9/19/08 Forum

Steve Smith's Listening Suggestions
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HOOKS OF OTHER KINDS

Stephen Passman, "On This Page I Live"

Holden Martin on David Foster Wallace's commencement address at Kenyon