Tonight I (Ok, I dragged Dylan along too) went to see Arthur Phillips read from and discuss his new book,”The Song is You” at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC. At one point Mr. Phillips was asking the audience if anyone did Billie Holiday impressions: “…anyone? How about you, young man?” as he pointed at Dylan. Dylan just shook his head and then leaned over to me and asked “Who’s Billie Holiday?”. Ah, youth.

Another humorous section was when the author was reading in the book and came to the bit where the character was talking about getting a couple of college girls to go back to his room to play “strip Trivial Pursuit”. “That, by the way, is the only autobiographical bit in the book”, said Mr. Phillips. :)


Arthur Phillips at Politics and Prose, Reading of "The Song is You"

Arthur Phillips at Politics and Prose, Reading of "The Song is You"

Arthur Phillips at Politics and Prose, Reading of "The Song is You"

Arthur Phillips at Politics and Prose, Reading of "The Song is You"


Arthur Phillips at Politics and Prose, Reading of "The Song is You"

Arthur Phillips at Politics and Prose, Reading of "The Song is You"