The Best of Belt Magazine 2020
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Ida Tarbell: Reporting the Oil Region
An excerpt from "Citizen Reporters."
Game Day at the Ohio Pen
Remembering the Ohio State Penitentiary Hurricanes—and the day my father played against them in 1965.
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."]
The Best of Belt Magazine 2019
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
An Appalachian Community in Transition
In the last fifty years, loss of coal industry and frequent flooding have driven people out of Sharpsburg, Ohio. But not everyone is ready to leave.
The Future of Chicago is the Future of Us All
On history, the mayoral election, and the work of black women.