Welcoming Belt Magazine’s Newest Team Members
Njaimeh Njie and Raechel Anne Jolie join the editorial staff.
Performing Shakespeare in Prison
At Indiana's Pendleton Correctional Facility, a company of incarcerated men is finalizing its latest show.
Pulling
By Megan Neville Here I am again. In the Midwestern haze of Memorial Day I stage my perennial battle against [...]
Notes on Summer (Or, Black Girlhood Is a Thing)
Excerpted from Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology, available now from Belt Publishing. By Britt Julious I. Summer is fleeting and [...]
When Your Neighborhood Just Can’t Get No Respect
The following is an excerpt from The Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook. By Sally Martin I have a confession to make. I live [...]
George Romero, Pittsburgh Auteur
By Ed Simon Before its premier in 1968, there had arguably been nothing like Pittsburgh director George A. Romero’s Night [...]
The Carnival
Excerpted from Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology, coming in August from Belt Publishing. By Paul Dailing When I was a kid, [...]
RIP, Unknown Skeletal Remains
Excerpted from The Akron Anthology available from Belt Publishing. By Jennifer Conn The dirt path to the Summit County potter’s field in Tallmadge, [...]
Two Letters: Jackie Kennedy, Ray Bradbury, Suburbia, and Me
By Amy Kenyon This is a memory of two letters written during the last years before home computers and social [...]
“Grand Rapids Grassroots: An Anthology” Now Available For Pre-Order
Grand Rapids Grassroots: An Anthology Edited by Dani Villela and Ashley Nickels November 1, 2017 Grand Rapids, Michigan is known [...]
The Last, First Miami Speakers
The story of the Miami language over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is one of fracture and dissolution. In this it is not unique among Native languages—or cultures. In fact, it’s difficult to talk about one without the other.
The Seeds of Rebirth
On a snowy, ten-degree day in January 2009, my girlfriend and I woke up and randomly found our way to Gary, Indiana. We had Broadway to ourselves. At that time, the former Sheraton Hotel (since demolished) loomed menacingly over downtown.