Land-Grant or Land Grab Universities?
Land-grant institutions are deeply ingrained into our everyday geographies, but as an Indigenous scholar, these places have a complicated legacy.
Sometimes it S n o w s in A p r i l
"The snow f e l l like a miffed god took bites of cumulus clouds—spat them down / from heaven, o n t o my Midwest."
The Best Rust Belt Books of 2021
A Belt critic's Rust Belt 'Lit List.'
Jessica Hopper’s Regional Sensibility
The Chicago writer's "no bullshit" approach shines through in the revised edition of "The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic."
Portraits in Transition
On photographing non-binary community members in the Midwest and Rust Belt.
Except for the Cancer I’m Fine
"Is disease something we’re born with and prone to, or the result of a life lived in a place that can make anyone sick?”
The Keystone State is Ringing
Pennsylvania has always defied easy categorization. That's what makes it so great.
Armed, Angry Men
Trump, militias, and the long history of voter intimidation and violence in the Midwest.
From Croatia to Cleveland to Columbus
On generational migration and identity in the Midwest.
Coming Into a Black Woman’s Anger
On Audre Lorde and Minnesota Nice.
Call for Submissions: Gary Anthology
Announcing an anthology of stories about Gary, Indiana, to be published by Belt Publishing.
House on the Rock at Sixty
Approaching six decades of existence, one of the strangest places in the Midwest continues to defy easy description.