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The best personal essays from a contested region, from Belt Publishing's ten years as a press. Everyone has an opinion on the Rust Belt--whether it's the "real America" or a place that no longer exists called by a name that has long outlived its usefulness, as our own president has said. But undeniably, there's something that connects the post-industrial cities. Maybe the question isn't what defines that connection, but who. Over the past ten years, Belt Publishing has been putting out books that prioritize the voices of the many people who live here. We've collected our favorite writing from across our collections, from Pittsburgh to Detroit, Chicago to St. Louis, Milwaukee to Cleveland, and more. Here, writers document growing up in segregated St. Louis and elucidate the coded Islamophobia of southern Michigan. Writers include Megan Stielstra, 2022 Missouri Author of the Year Vivian Gibson, Aaron Foley, Kathleen Rooney, Sarah Kendzior, and more.

"New Lenox, Illinois, is a small town deep in the corn grid of the Midwest, where it runs up against the grid of south Chicagoland, a placeless location marked by geographical flatness and dwindling industry. It's also where Sonya Huber grew up, and in the twenty essays collected here, she lovingly explores the ways New Lenox--and the Midwest more generally--has come to define her life. Here, you'll find portraits of Huber's parents as they tirelessly run a small business, homages to the Gen-X joys of wearing flannel, secret insights about being a Pizza Hut waitress, and odes to the ecstasy of blasting classic rock as your car hurls along I-80. Whether she's writing about All in the Family, detailing the region's influence on David Foster Wallace, or exploring the poetry embedded in a can of Miller High Life, her vision is astute and her prose convincing."

The third entry in Belt's urban cartography series, Buffalo in 50 Maps offers a truly unique view of the City of Good Neighbors, from the East Side to Millionaires' Row to Cazenovia Park.The best maps give you a feeling for what a place is really like, and Buffalo in 50 Maps offers a brand-new look at both the past and present of the Queen City of the Great Lakes. Through its colorful maps and insightful commentary, you'll discover the history of the city's changing boundaries, its numerous breweries, and its most popular bus routes. Learn how long it takes to get to a Bills game on Sunday, why the city smells like Cheerios, or where the city's immigrants have recently opened businesses. You'll also discover the city's food deserts, how the layout of its streets led to intense segregation, and how its vacant lots reveal where reinvestment and development have actually taken place.It's a beautiful and nuanced look that's perfect for Buffalo natives but also for those who just want to get to know the city a little bit better.

"End the filibuster. Abolish the Senate. Make everyone vote. Only if we do this (and then some), says Thomas Geoghegan, might we heal our fractured democracy."--

Candid essays on personal and cultural American nostalgia, focusing on the author's working-class, Rust Belt family history.

"There is, I think, a pawpaw temperament; curious, engaged, humble. I have yet to meet a person who is drawn to pawpaws who is not a good person." --from "Why Pawpaws?" in The Pocket Pawpaw Cookbook

Jonathan Foiles, author of the acclaimed This City Is Killing Me, argues that class, race, and gender bias still influence mental health diagnoses.

An idiosyncratic look at an American city

A new collection of voices from Indiana's capital city

A moving memoir of the Flint water crisis and its aftermath

A collection of voices from Ohio's Gem City

A collection of essays about a quintessential Rust Belt city

A collection of essays from the most Midwest Southern city

Essays about the Black experience in Middle America

A collection of accessible, humorous poems about chain and fast food restaurants

A reexamination of overlooked Midwestern architectural styles

A quirky collection of maps about the Forest City

A love letter to the moments and people that are so St. Louis

A collection of inspiring and personal stories about Milwaukee

Tales of the Buckeye State, told by a native son

A young Methodist minister comes to a small New York town to spread the gospel. Instead, his congregation slowly leads him down the path of enlightenment, encouraging him to question the very same scripture he has devoted his life to."--Provided by publisher