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The world has a new literary home — and it’s beautifully, unapologetically bookish.

The Bookish Magazine proudly debuts its first-ever print and digital issue, November 2025 Edition, a milestone publication dedicated to the art of storytelling, the joy of reading, and the community of writers and t
The Bookish Magazine Launches Its First Print and Digital Edition
The world has a new literary home — and it’s beautifully, unapologetically bookish. The Bookish Magazine proudly debuts its first-ever print and digital issue, November 2025 Edition, a milestone publication dedicated to the art of storytelling, the joy of reading, and the community of writers and thinkers who keep literature alive.
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What would you do if your office commute involved alien arguments, police hippos, and invisible trousers? This strange question finally makes sense inside this unforgettable, unpredictable literary journey.
The Surreal Adventures of Anthony Zen by Cameron A. Straughan
What would you do if your office commute involved alien arguments, police hippos, and invisible trousers? This strange question finally makes sense inside this unforgettable, unpredictable literary journey.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
What if grief behaved like a place you accidentally moved into and couldn’t leave? This piece explores how one book walks that terrain—read on to discover how.
Peering Into Infinity: Mirrors of Love & Grief by Steven Lewis
What if grief behaved like a place you accidentally moved into and couldn’t leave? This piece explores how one book walks that terrain—read on to discover how.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Have you ever wondered why certain stories feel like they’re tapping on the inside of your memory, even when you know you’ve never lived them? This piece explores that sensation—if you read it fully.
Book Review: Vampire Verses by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
Have you ever wondered why certain stories feel like they’re tapping on the inside of your memory, even when you know you’ve never lived them? This piece explores that sensation—if you read it fully.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Ever wondered what it’s like to chase imaginary villains by day and real-life criminals by night? Discover how Joseph Safdia balances superhero worlds and AML investigations in this revealing interview.
Exploring Purpose and Growth with Joseph Safdia
Ever wondered what it’s like to chase imaginary villains by day and real-life criminals by night? Discover how Joseph Safdia balances superhero worlds and AML investigations in this revealing interview.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Have you ever asked yourself why some memories stay loud even when the world grows quiet around them? This piece follows one writer who learns the answer—if you read on.
Cancer Courts My Mother by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
Have you ever asked yourself why some memories stay loud even when the world grows quiet around them? This piece follows one writer who learns the answer—if you read on.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Esperanza Pretila’s “Bridges of Words” is a notable achievement in contemporary global poetry, not because it reinvents haiku, but because it honors the form with disciplined consistency.
Bridges of Words: Haikus Uniting Cultures from 57 Countries of the World by Esperanza Pretila
Esperanza Pretila’s “Bridges of Words” is a notable achievement in contemporary global poetry, not because it reinvents haiku, but because it honors the form with disciplined consistency.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Have you ever wondered how two rescue dogs could inspire an entire world of adventure and heart? Discover how Michael turned their stories into a lifelong creative journey in this interview.
Exploring Creativity and Community with Michael S. Lingo
Have you ever wondered how two rescue dogs could inspire an entire world of adventure and heart? Discover how Michael turned their stories into a lifelong creative journey in this interview.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Can kindness actually change your brain? Your relationships? Your entire way of seeing the world? In Radical Kindness, Angela Santomero—best known as the co-creator of Blue’s Clues and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood—makes the case that it can. But don’t mistake this book for a sweet, surface-level ode
Review of Radical Kindness: The Life-Changing Power of Giving and Receiving by Angela Santomero
Can kindness actually change your brain? Your relationships? Your entire way of seeing the world? In Radical Kindness, Angela Santomero—best known as the co-creator of Blue’s Clues and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood—makes the case that it can. But don’t mistake this book for a sweet, surface-level ode to being nice. It’s a call to action that argues kindness is not just a moral virtue, but a daily practice, a mindset, and a form of courage.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
What if happiness isn’t something we chase, but something we practice—like a skill? That’s the quiet yet radical premise of The Art of Happiness, a collaboration between a world-renowned spiritual leader and a Western psychiatrist.
Review of The Art of Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Dr. Howard Cutler
What if happiness isn’t something we chase, but something we practice—like a skill? That’s the quiet yet radical premise of The Art of Happiness, a collaboration between a world-renowned spiritual leader and a Western psychiatrist.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
If your memories were trapped in a magical cuff and your words could reshape reality, would you dare to speak—or stay silent forever? Find out how that question unravels below.
Multiverse Mayhem by Aurora Winter
If your memories were trapped in a magical cuff and your words could reshape reality, would you dare to speak—or stay silent forever? Find out how that question unravels below.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
If your thoughts could leave bruises, would your poems still be beautiful? This review explores a collection where every verse walks the line between wound and witness. Read on to find out.
The Destroyer by Andy Mullenax
If your thoughts could leave bruises, would your poems still be beautiful? This review explores a collection where every verse walks the line between wound and witness. Read on to find out.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Have you ever wondered what invisible buckets have to do with how your child sees themselves—and others—each day? Find out how this colorful book quietly rewires emotional behavior.
Review of Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud
Have you ever wondered what invisible buckets have to do with how your child sees themselves—and others—each day? Find out how this colorful book quietly rewires emotional behavior.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
What does it take to name a child after a stranger and never speak of it again? The answer sits buried in Priscilla Speaks, waiting for readers to hear it.
Book Review: Priscilla Speaks by Kirk Ward Robinson
What does it take to name a child after a stranger and never speak of it again? The answer sits buried in Priscilla Speaks, waiting for readers to hear it.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Can a single song chanted on a long march still echo in a man’s head fifty years later?
This review traces why some sounds, and the stories behind them, refuse to let go.
Book Review: Cheerful Obedience by Patrick M. McLaughlin
Can a single song chanted on a long march still echo in a man’s head fifty years later? This review traces why some sounds, and the stories behind them, refuse to let go.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Have you ever wanted to punch your musical nemesis, kiss them under stage lights, then write a hit song with them the next day? This review explores just that—read on to see how it plays out.
Book Review: Gone Country by Hunter Snow
Have you ever wanted to punch your musical nemesis, kiss them under stage lights, then write a hit song with them the next day? This review explores just that—read on to see how it plays out.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
If a loaf of bread could save the world, would you take a bite—or ask for the recipe?
Through this review, discover how pastries, pocket crystals, and environmental devotion converge into a tale of unexpected magic and heroism.
Book Review: “Chronicles of the Enchanted Vanguard: Seraphina and the Divine Mandate” by Luminescence Goh
If a loaf of bread could save the world, would you take a bite—or ask for the recipe? Through this review, discover how pastries, pocket crystals, and environmental devotion converge into a tale of unexpected magic and heroism.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
What if the real spiritual revolution doesn’t come from the heavens—but from a lab, a keyboard, or a classroom? You might change how you define “divine” after reading this.
Book Review: The Spirituality in Science (Second Edition) by Benneth Iwuchukwu
What if the real spiritual revolution doesn’t come from the heavens—but from a lab, a keyboard, or a classroom? You might change how you define “divine” after reading this.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Would you trust a shimmering axolotl that offers you pastries and cosmic enlightenment—or do you ask if it’s planning to eat your eyeballs? Only one way to find out: read on.
Book Review: Dreams and Metamorphoses by Fabio Grandi
Would you trust a shimmering axolotl that offers you pastries and cosmic enlightenment—or do you ask if it’s planning to eat your eyeballs? Only one way to find out: read on.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
If you had to choose between a wise king and a hundred clever villagers to lead your land, who would you trust more? This review explores how one fantasy novel wrestles with that very question.
Six Moons, Seven Gods by Robert A. Walker
If you had to choose between a wise king and a hundred clever villagers to lead your land, who would you trust more? This review explores how one fantasy novel wrestles with that very question.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Few novels achieve what Red Clay, Running Waters does: honoring a history too often reduced to footnotes while crafting a deeply human story that never loses emotional momentum. Read on.
Book Review: Red Clay, Running Waters by Leslie K. Simmons
Few novels achieve what Red Clay, Running Waters does: honoring a history too often reduced to footnotes while crafting a deeply human story that never loses emotional momentum. Read on.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If you handed this book to a child, they might call it a workbook. If you handed it to a teacher, they might see a classroom resource. But hand it to a curious adult on a rainy afternoon, and something deeper unfolds.
Book Review: Let’s Write a Six-word Story or a Poem by Melisa Quigley
If you handed this book to a child, they might call it a workbook. If you handed it to a teacher, they might see a classroom resource. But hand it to a curious adult on a rainy afternoon, and something deeper unfolds.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
For anyone who has ever felt silenced, The Sound of an Ordinary Life is more than a book—it is permission to speak.
Book Review: The Sound of an Ordinary Life by Alis Cerrahyan
For anyone who has ever felt silenced, The Sound of an Ordinary Life is more than a book—it is permission to speak.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The world can be unpredictable, and while we want our kids to feel safe and carefree, we also know they need the tools to recognize and respond to danger. That’s why Stay Safe with Ruby and Reuben by Sneha Sabu is such a valuable book.
Book Review: Stay Safe with Ruby and Reuben by Sneha Sabu
As parents, one of our greatest fears is that we won’t always be there to protect our children. The world can be unpredictable, and while we want our kids to feel safe and carefree, we also know they need the tools to recognize and respond to danger. That’s why Stay Safe with Ruby and Reuben by Sneha Sabu is such a valuable book—it gives children those tools in a way that feels natural, engaging, and empowering.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
There are moments in life that split everything into a “before” and an “after.” Moments that shake the foundations of trust, family, and identity, leaving behind something unrecognizable. Along Came Hell, or So I Thought by Lois Young is not just a memoir—it’s a reckoning with one such moment.
Book Review: Along Came Hell, or So I Thought by Lois Young
There are moments in life that split everything into a “before” and an “after.” Moments that shake the foundations of trust, family, and identity, leaving behind something unrecognizable. Along Came Hell, or So I Thought by Lois Young is not just a memoir—it’s a reckoning with one such moment.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If history was written by the winners, then what happens when we uncover the forgotten stories of those who lost? This book holds an answer that reshapes how we understand the past.
Book Review: My Place Among Them by J. Stanion
If history was written by the winners, then what happens when we uncover the forgotten stories of those who lost? This book holds an answer that reshapes how we understand the past.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM