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Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson is a writer and editor at
The Globe and Mail
in Toronto and the author of
Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste
. He writes regularly at
backtotheworld.net
.
Can 'My Heart Will Go On' Be Resuscitated?
Today, it's schmaltz. But someday it'll be like "This Land is Your Land"—just another folk song.
Carl Wilson
April 9, 2012