Call for Submissions: Cincinnati Neighborhood Guidebook
Announcing the Cincinnati Neighborhood Guidebook, to be published by Belt Publishing.
An Ordinary Day in Charlottesville
Excerpted from "Pure America: Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia."
Game Day at the Ohio Pen
Remembering the Ohio State Penitentiary Hurricanes—and the day my father played against them in 1965.
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.
Richard Hatcher’s Gary
Remembering the life and leadership of one of the first Black mayors of a major American city. [Excerpted from "The Gary Anthology."]
Crossing Over
From "Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology."
Call for Submissions: Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook
Announcing the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook, to be published by Belt Publishing.
Trick or Treat
Celebrating the season in one Chicago "Halloween neighborhood."
Fit to Kill: A Reactionary Existence (Part One)
An excerpt from "Life Sentences: Writings from Inside an American Prison."
Call for Submissions: Gary Anthology
Announcing an anthology of stories about Gary, Indiana, to be published by Belt Publishing.
Under the Big Dome
How the now-defunct Civic Arena buried Pittsburgh's "Little Harlem."
Lost and Gain
An excerpt from "Life Sentences: Writings from Inside an American Prison."