My Son, Brian Phillips, Reviews A Book About Oklahoma City

[Ponca Dan]

https://www.newyorker.com/books/pag...oklahoma-city-the-great-minor-city-of-america

His new book, Impossible Owls, will be out on October 2. Buy one for yourself and another one for someone’s Christmas present!

 

[Pokeabear]

https://www.newyorker.com/books/pag...oklahoma-city-the-great-minor-city-of-america

His new book, Impossible Owls, will be out on October 2. Buy one for yourself and another one for someone’s Christmas present!

Been looking forward to reading Boom town and between your son and the New York Times reviews, it looks like it will be a great read.

 

[CBradSmith]

https://www.newyorker.com/books/pag...oklahoma-city-the-great-minor-city-of-america

His new book, Impossible Owls, will be out on October 2. Buy one for yourself and another one for someone’s Christmas present!

Bookmarked for this weekend!

 

[CowboyJD]

Know you won’t be reading this, but I immediately bought both books your son mentioned in his review.

He is an excellent writer. I have enjoyed every piece of his work you have posted here.

 

[07pilt]

Damn Dan, Brian is your son? Must be one of those skips a generation situations.

 

[wyomingosualum]

Damn Dan, Brian is your son? Must be one of those skips a generation situations.

Haha, when you receive a turd in the mail, you’ll know he figured out a way to find your address!

 

[07pilt]

Haha, when you receive a turd in the mail, you’ll know he figured out a way to find your address!

Dan would never use the postal service. I'll keep an eye out for any special FedEx deliveries.

 

[Ponca Dan]

Damn Dan, Brian is your son? Must be one of those skips a generation situations.

Ha! Yes, it skipped right past me! When he was a junior at Harvard the school newspaper, The Crimson, did a profile on him as one of those rare students that didn’t need to go to class or take notes, or read the assigned material, or do any of the regular “student stuff.” He was so smart he already knew the material. (That’s how it was written. He protested vehemently to his mother and me that he most certainly went to class and listened to the lectures, he just didn’t see the need to take notes. I always wondered if he thought we would be mad at him for skipping class after we paid so much money, but he finished Magna, so we didn’t object.) He’s truly brilliant. He got it from his mother.

 

[100TonsofOrangeFury]

Ha! Yes, it skipped right past me! When he was a junior at Harvard the school newspaper, The Crimson, did a profile on him as one of those rare students that didn’t need to go to class or take notes, or read the assigned material, or do any of the regular “student stuff.” He was so smart he already knew the material. (That’s how it was written. He protested vehemently to his mother and me that he most certainly went to class and listened to the lectures, he just didn’t see the need to take notes. I always wondered if he thought we would be mad at him for skipping class after we paid so much money, but he finished Magna, so we didn’t object.) He’s truly brilliant. He got it from his mother.

That is crazy spectacular! Tell him we need some cancer cures next.

 

[Ponca Dan]

That is crazy spectacular! Tell him we need some cancer cures next.

Wrong specialty! He’s a writer. If his book of essays goes well he’ll get a contract for another book, this time, hopefully, a novel. I’m holding out hope he’ll write the first great American novel of the 21st Century. So buy his book of essays!

 

[Alpha Poke]

He lost me at Squinky.