Megan Giddings Reimagines the Rust Belt
Reimagining the Rust Belt in Megan Giddings' "The Woman Could Fly."
Under Kaufmann’s Clock
On Families, Department Stores, and America
What Has Seeped into the Animals, the Plants, the Soil?
Toxins are not constrained by fences, boundary lines, or ownership deeds. Toxins don't care whether you actually live here or [...]
How Malls Shaped the Rust Belt (and Vice Versa)
A conversation with architecture and design critic Alexandra Lange on malls in America.
Imagining Queer Appalachian Futures
A conversation with Z. Zane McNeill, editor of 'Y'All Means All.'
The History and Future of Rust Belt Labor Power
A conversation with Kim Kelly, author of 'Fight Like Hell.'
The Best of Belt Magazine 2021
Our new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Jessica Hopper’s Regional Sensibility
The Chicago writer's "no bullshit" approach shines through in the revised edition of "The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic."
The Suburbs are Stunned
An excerpt from the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook.
The Best of Belt Magazine 2020
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Call for Submissions: A Sioux Falls Anthology
Belt Publishing will be compiling an anthology of essays about Sioux Falls in 2021/22 as part of its City Anthology series.
Development in Black and White
An interview with Jason Hackworth, author of "Manufacturing Decline: How Racism and the Conservative Movement Crush the American Rust Belt."