Rayyan Al-Shawaf, author at Chicago Reader

All the virtues of religion, minus the ‘religion’ part

In Grace Without God, local author Katherine Ozment searches for a meaningful life that doesn’t require theism.

Ben Rawlence’s new book is an enlightening account of Dadaab, a territory rarely covered by the mainstream press.

It’s a long, drab slog through the lives of a group of neurotic bores.

The Mockingbird Next Door, Marja Mills’s book on Harper Lee, sings a sweet, empty song.

Sarajevo and Chicago are the poles at each end of The Book of My Lives, Aleksandar Hemon’s new volume.

A review of Tova Murad Sadka’s story collection about Iraqi Jews in their homeland, Israel, and the United States.