Dispatches from the Rust Belt: The Best of Belt Year One by Belt Magazine

by Anne Trubek

Excellent Book

Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Anne Trubek is the author of A Skeptic's Guide To Writers' Houses and co-editor of Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology. She has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired and numerous other publications.

Reviews

[Michael Van Kerckhove · Rating 5 out of 5]

Catching up on some unread books on my shelf here. I picked this gem up at the Voices of the Midwest Fest in 2015, along with Belt's Detroit Anthology (which I read right away). My 5 stars are for the content of the book but also for all the awesome work that Belt has done since then, both online and in print. I am proud to be a part of both as I have work in the recent Chicago Anthology and online at beltmag.com/on-the-rouge.

This collection serves as a great primer for Belt's first year and offers wonderful history lessons and food for thought. I particularly enjoyed the pieces on the history of Rust Belt alt-weeklies and Mansfield Frazier's Cleveland vineyard (and 5 years on, I hope it's thriving....)

I'm looking forward to checking out new releases and online stories in the New Year.

[Dustin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Focuses mostly on Cleveland, but overall a good variety of essays and reporting

Dustin Renwick
Author, Beyond the Gray Leaf

[Bob Hand · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wish I had read this 10 years ago. Lots of content relevant to what rust belt cities are trying to/hoping to accomplish through urbanism and renewal. Just acknowledging that there -are- stories from the rust belt is (was) such a big step.

[Roger Bradbury · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoughtful articles about what once was and what should be now.