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Angels of Detroit by Christopher Hebert: A Q&A
By Kelsey Ronan Detroit is a city of contradictions. It’s a city stricken by [...]
Announcing the Belt Book Club!
Belt Publishing publishes quality non-fiction about the Rust Belt and the Midwest. Our books have [...]
On The Cusp: Cleveland’s Larchmere Neighborhood
by Harriet Logan excerpted from the Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook The Larchmere neighborhood has [...]
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.
We Are Good In Glenville: A Visit To The Honey Do Club Neighborhood Bar
Cleveland is a city of neighborhoods. Each tells a story with its own unique culture and history, the restaurant you have to eat at, and of course, a neighborhood bar. Being a Glenville resident my entire life, one would assume that I have ventured to my own neighborhood bar before 2015.
Why Has Cleveland Failed To Solve Its Lead Poisoning Crisis?
By Jonathan Welle Why has Cleveland failed to solve the slow-motion crisis of lead [...]
Overwhelmed by the Swarm: Brood V Periodical Cicadas
The cicadas have been winding down. Chitinous, black bodies crunch underfoot on my driveway every time I step out the front door.
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.
Among the Alt-Racists
I’m eating an Isaly’s chipped chopped ham sandwich on a bench outside a convenience store in Pittsburgh. A racist sits across from me. We are both from the Midwest, yet thousands of miles distant in terms of worldview.
Feeding RNC Resistance
By Anna Limontas-Salisbury Two members of Food Not Bombs were pulling a faded Little Tikes [...]
A Tourist’s Guide to the Cleveland You Can’t See
Meeting up with a couple non-media, non-RNC-affiliated locals for a pre-dinner drink, I asked for their first impressions on the circus. As a steady parade of politically costumed outsiders streamed
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