Carl Wilson is a Canadian music critic who has written for many publications including ''

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'' and, as of 2022, ''

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''. He started the Zoilus blog. He is most well known for his book ''Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste''. It was published in

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33⅓ series (Thirty-Three and a Third) is a series of books, each about a single music album. The series title refers to the rotation speed of a vinyl LP, RPM. History Originally published by Continuum, the series was founded by editor David Barker in ...

. Though set up as a critique of

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...

's album ''

Let's Talk About Love ''Let's Talk About Love'' is the fifth English-language and fifteenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 14 November 1997, by Columbia and Epic Records. The follow-up to the commercially successful '' Falling into You'' ...

'', Wilson attempts to critique himself and music criticism in general. In 2014, an expanded version of ''Let's Talk About Love'' was released, featuring essays by, among others, James Franco, Mary Gaitskill,

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, and Krist Novoselic.Let’s Talk About Love, by Carl Wilson: Review
, by Jason Guriel, ''

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'', June 6, 2014.

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