Christopher R. Weingarten talks about the aesthetic influence of Twin Peaks on contemporary music.

Spencer Ackerman on the psychoanalysis of superheroes.

Kathe Koja has written a number of terrific and weird novels over the years; here’s an interview in which she talks about the strange and uncanny in fiction.

Neil Gaiman shares his reading list with the Times.

Michaelangelo Matos talks about Chicago house.

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