Right Here, Right Now: The Buffalo Anthology
My wife says I spend five days a year in dear Buffalo, and 360 nights there in my dreams. [...]
On The Cusp: Cleveland’s Larchmere Neighborhood
by Harriet Logan excerpted from the Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook The Larchmere neighborhood has been on the cusp for [...]
Here on the Ground: An Introduction
There’d better be a blimp in here. Seriously: if there is not a blimp in this book, I’m going to return it to the library I stole it from. Right now, I’m like you, Dear Reader. I haven’t read this book yet. I don’t know what’s in it. We’re both here at the beginning. I know what I want. You know what you want.
A Little More on Pokemon Go and Tamir Rice
Two weeks ago an article started making the social media rounds in Cleveland and beyond -- a Belt article, about the curious online text that marked the west-side gazebo where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed in 2014.
How To Make Your Own Billboard: A Clevelander’s Homegrown Anti-Trump Sign
“If you walk down any protest line, there’s no discourse. It’s just yelling,” says Eric Helms, plausibly the only Clevelander to put up his own billboard in anticipation of the arrival of the Republican National Convention. “No one is listening to each other. Discourse is dead.”
d.a. levy & the Anniversary of the Hough Riots
As the regional headlines mark the 50th anniversary of the Hough Riots, I recall a line in a poem by d.a. levy, observing the madness that erupted from July 18th to July 23rd in East Cleveland... they are looting stores trying to get televisions so they can watch the riots/on the 11 pm news
Wanna Be Our Publishing Intern?
Belt Publishing is seeking an unpaid, part-time intern for fall 2016. The intern will assist with both our book [...]
Table of Contents for Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook
Belt's Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook table of contents
We’re Hiring! Managing Director of Belt Publishing
Belt is hiring a Managing Director to oversee the expansion of our book publishing arm. The position is part time and the hire can work remotely.
Belt Bets: Buffalo, September 25-October 1
Friday, September 25 The huge former factory and warehouse building that is the Tri-Main Center was renovated years ago into offices, [...]
The Ten Stories You Have Read The Most
This magazine is now two years old--still a toddler, but steady on her feet. Happy Birthday to us! Here [...]
Weekly Links Roundup
News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt. Bob Schieffer [...]