My old neighborhood, Lee-Harvard, now referred to as Lee-Miles, is quieter and, like the rest of Cleveland, less populated than it was in the 70s. I remember the hustle and bustle of the city then, but people look at me like I’m crazy when I refer to Cleveland’s former status as a major U.S. city.
In the summer of 1961, my family moved against our will to a smelly brickpile of a parsonage in Akron, Ohio, where my father became the pastor of a church named for the crucifixion. And when we got there, we found ourselves surrounded by ghosts.
Belt Publishing is thrilled to announce the newest addition to our Notches series: What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte.
From now through February 6 – when The New Midwest goes on sale – Belt is offering some great new [...]
Every part of the United States has its own accent. The Midwest — defined, for the purposes of this book, as west of Exit 41 on the New York State Thruway, east of the Missouri River, and north of the Ohio River...
No one book is going to explain what happened in the Midwest to help turn the last presidential election to Donald Trump. No stack of books is going to do it, fiction or nonfiction.
You can judge a book by its cover. Each Belt title is designed by a native or resident of [...]
Saturday, December 10 Belt is hosting an event with Ted McClelland, author of Belt Publishing’s latest, How To Speak Midwestern. Starting at 6:30 p.m., join us at Happy Dog
Today's New York Times praises our latest book, How To Speak Midwestern, calling it a "dictionary wrapped in some serious dialectology inside [...]
Belt’s city anthologies are written by and for Rust Belt communities. The books take you on tours led by [...]
With the publication of How To Speak Midwestern by Edward McClelland on December 1, 2016, Belt Publishing launches its new Notches imprint.
Here's a report from Zan McQuade, editor of Belt’s Cincinnati Anthology, about the role the local and national media played in the election in Ohio.