Late for Tea at the Deer Palace: The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family

Looking at the title and subtitle of this book, some may be tempted to classify Late for Tea at the Deer Palace as a memoir. Save for a small section at the end, when the author inserts her own narrative into the book, it really isn’t. Instead, the book is a sweeping family history that

American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt

When people think of slave revolts in United States history, the Nat Turner rebellion is usually what comes to mind. On August 21, 1831, Turner led a group of slaves in a violent rebellion that resulted in the deaths of almost 60 white men, women, and children. While I don’t remember ever going into much

To Kill a Mockingbird

Up until this week, I felt I was the only person on Earth who hadn’t read Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. It was one of my literature-related shames, having a degree in English and all (you can see all the other shameful holes in my reading on my Fill in the Gaps page).  Anyway,