Weekly Links Roundup
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Reading The Midwest: Gillian Flynn
I abandoned Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl shortly after it came out in 2012. Around 50 pages in, I started wondering: What were people seeing in it?
How to Grow a Music Festival: The Nelsonville Music Festival Story
Just before 5pm on Sun., May 31, Seattle-based singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile looked out at the large, energetic and sweaty crowd from her perch, front and center on the Nelsonville Music Festival’s Main Stage...
Physics From The Farm
The first thing that Ellen Vinson wanted to tell me about her aunt, physicist Melba Phillips, was that Phillips was the only person from Pike County, Indiana, to ever have an obituary in the New York Times.
Can Conservatives Lead Michigan to Clean Electricity?
Ed Rivet is a true "red" Michigander. Born and bred in Bay City, he found his way to Lansing, first as an MSU Spartan and then as a Republican legislative staffer.
Weekly Links Roundup
News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt Magazine.
“There Ain’t No Haints in Detroit!”: An Interview With Author Angela Flournoy
Angela Flournoy’s debut novel The Turner House was published this spring and has met with much acclaim, becoming a May 2015 Indie Next pick and garnering a stellar review in the New York Times.
My Acceptance Letter
I had a literary agent when I was 23. My agent represented John Knowles, Garrison Keillor and me, among others. The agency had even handled Churchill.
Country and … Michigan? Flint’s Whitey Morgan Battles for the Soul of Country Music, One Gig at a Time
After an hour-long drive, Doug Suiter is sitting at high stool at The Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan, one hand on his knee and the other wrapped around a sixteen-ounce can of Bud Light, waiting to see if Whitey Morgan is the real deal.
Farmers Without Borders: In Cleveland, Urban Agriculture Seeds Refugee Assimilation
On a warm, mid-afternoon day in May, a group of growers are preparing nearly bare soil for a hopefully abundant and busy farming season.
Weekly Links Roundup
News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt Magazine.
Tent City in the Heartland: The Life and Death of the Chickahominy Indian Tribal Rescue Mission
I stood on the bridge and looked out over the scattered patches of tents that rose from the land like wild mushrooms, clustered yet separate.