Baghdad Burning!

Incondicional wants us to know that a female blogger from Iraq who goes by the name "Riverbend" has been nominated for the BBC's Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction. Her blog Baghdad Burning chronicles the experience of a being a civilian behind the lines in the Iraq war. She is highly educated and conversant with Western culture -- Smurfs and the Oscars make appearances alongside Sunni/Shia conflicts and the devastation of war. It brings to mind Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel Persepolis:The Story of a Childhood ...only the war is happening now, and there's no guarantee the author will survive until tomorrow to make the next entry.