Neshaminy: The Bucks County Literary Journal

21/06/2025

A bit of lovely news on this hot summer day: Neshaminy is now available at Inklings Books in Rushland. Check out their used books and antiques and keep an eye out for Sebastian, the indoor/outdoor bookstore kitty.

08/06/2025

"The Covered Bridge" by Bucks County artist John Philip Salter. Look familiar? Read my profile of Salter in the Fall/Winter 2024 issue of Neshaminy: The Bucks County Literary Journal.

17/05/2025

DOYLESTOWN PATCH:

Bucks County literary journal also features a story about a lost Bucks Co. performance by rock legend Essra Mohawk.

06/05/2025

Neshaminy was out and about doing some deliveries today in this gorgeous weather. Pick up a copy at your favorite indie bookstore today!

03/05/2025

Neshaminy had a fantastic time at the today!

03/05/2025

BUCKS COUNTY (PA) BOOK FEST 2025. Inside the local writers tent::Bucks County Writers Workshop members Chris Bauer, Bill Donahue, LCW Allingham, Linda Wisniewski. Melissa Sullivan (in blue shirt) fair organizer and publisher of Neshaminy. Chis Bauer poses with Bill Donahue (managing editor of Neshaminy). Don, BCWW founder, outside the local authors tent.

02/05/2025

Take us to the shore!

In the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of Neshaminy, William J. Donohue profiles Bucks County artist Jay McPhillips.

Available now at local indie bookstores and neshaminyjournal.org.

Artwork credit: "Oyster Catcher" by Jay McPhillips

01/05/2025

In a fascinating essay in Neshaminy's eleventh issue, Don Swaim recounts the violent history of the Molly Maguires, a 19th century Irish-American secret society that clashed with the ugly realities of the Pennsylvania coal industry.

Focusing on the excesses and injustices of unchecked American capitalism as well as the unrelenting rage of laboring men fighting for basic rights, Swaim’s article resounds with both the past and the present.

Available for purchase now at neshaminyjournal.org.

30/04/2025

Given the two sides of his personality, Eric Mintel seems like a character plucked from a fantastical work of fiction. One night he’ll take the stage as a jazz pianist, and the next night he’ll head to an historic building, a tract of uninhabited forest, or some other destination known for curious goings-on and don a much different hat—that of a paranormal investigator.

In his thorough profile of Mintel in Neshaminy's latest issue, managing editor William J. Donahue explores Mintel’s obsession with hauntings, cryptids, and UAPs, short for unidentified anomalous phenomena.

Available for purchase now at neshaminyjournal.org.

Photo credit: Jody Robinson

29/04/2025

We're so excited about the Bucks County Book Fest this weekend in Doylestown! You might see some familiar faces...

29/04/2025

Happy publication day to Neshaminy's Spring/Summer 2025 issue, available for purchase TODAY at local bookstores and neshaminyjournal.org.

Check out our 11th issue with fiction, poetry, history and art from 9 Bucks County area creators. Some highlights below:

• A profile on paranormal investigator and jazz musician Eric Mintel
• An essay on the legend of the Molly Maguires, an 19th century Irish-American secret society that confronted Pennsylvania mine owners about poor labor conditions
• A remembrance of Philadelphia singer-songwriter Essra Mohawk
• An exploration of the scandal surrounding the infamous Lenape Stone by Kerry Stickel
• An article on VAMPA, the Vampire and Paranormal Museum of Bucks County
• An interview with Bucks County painter Jay McPhillips
• A profile on prolific Pottsville-born writer John O’Hara
• Two stories from the late Christopher Morley
• Poetry by Talia Borochaner, Mary Grace Mangano, Arlene Geller, Claire Hadida, and Cheryl Salerno

27/04/2025

Neshaminy will be at the Bucks County Book Festival on May 3! Will you??