Carl Wilson (writer)

Carl Wilson is a Canadian music critic who works for The Globe and Mail and started the Zoilus blog.[1] He is most well known for his book Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste.[2][3] It was published in Continuum's 33⅓ series. Though set up as a critique of Celine Dion's album Let's Talk About Love, 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, Nick Hornby, and Krist Novoselic.[4]

Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson on the panel "Can Pop Really Be Transgressive: Poptimism and its Discontents", Thursday, April 16, 2015. Keynote panel of Pop Conference 2015. Sky Church of EMP Museum, Seattle, Washington.
Occupation	Music critic, journalist
Subject	Popular music

See also

• Poptimism

Notes

1. "Top 10 Blogs", by Jeffrey Haas, Now Magazine, Vol. 24 No. 17, December 23–30, 2004.
2. "Is disdain for Céline Dion innate or learned? And what’s wrong with liking her music anyway?", by Sam Anderson, New York Magazine, December 17, 2007.
3. González Cueto, Irene (2017-01-19). "Música de mierda". Cultural Resuena (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-20.
4. "Let’s Talk About Love, by Carl Wilson: Review", by Jason Guriel, National Post, June 6, 2014.