For his 2007 critically acclaimed 33 13 series title Let's Talk About Love Carl Wilson went on a quest to find his inner Celine Dion fan & explore how we define ourselves by what we call good & bad what we love & what we hate At once among the most widely beloved & most reviled & lampooned pop stars of the past few decades Celine Dion's critics call her mawkish & overblown while millions of fans around the world adore her "huge pipes" & even bigger feelings How can anyone say which side is right? This new expanded edition goes even further calling on thirteen prominent writers & musicians to respond to themes ranging from sentiment & kitsch to cultural capital & musical snobbery The original text is followed by lively arguments & stories from Nick Hornby Krist Novoselic Ann Powers Mary Gaitskill James Franco Sheila Heti & others In a new afterword Carl Wilson examines recent cultural changes in love & hate including the impact of technology & social media on how taste works (or doesn't) in the 21st century