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Riverbend. Baghdad Burning. 1st. New York: Feminist Press, 2005.

This book suits our class very well because first off it is a book with text from an online blog. It is also has a female Iraqi author who is speaking out which fits well with the feminist tone of the course. It shows how powerful technology has become for a female in Iraq to release her thoughts into the world. In this memoire Riverbend the author is blogging about living in Baghdad during the war in Iraq. The reader can live vicariously through her words and get a heartfelt understanding of the struggles Iraqi’s face daily. It depicts problems in the American government but does not demean the American people in general. It is the other side of a war we cannot witness. Riverbend is brutally honest which is refreshing given the circumstances. This book is the closest many people will get to the war zone.