Belt Publishing
Belt Publishing is an independent press founded in 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. Originally a publisher of anthologies about Rust Belt cities, since 2015 Belt has moved into publishing a wider scope of both fiction and nonfiction. It has been described as "promot[ing] a kind of progressive Rust Belt pride without succumbing to cliché or hipster irony" in the New York Times, and "serv[ing] as a thoughtful foil to national-media characterizations of the region as either hopelessly dystopic or cheerfull
Basic Information
- Category: publishing house
- Website: https://beltpublishing.com
Documented Facts
- Founded: 2013 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
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- Belt Publishing — Wikipedia (reference)
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- Recorded profile date: 2026-04-23
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Belt Publishing is an independent press founded in 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. Originally a publisher of anthologies about Rust Belt cities, since 2015 Belt has moved into publishing a wider scope of both fiction and nonfiction. It has been described as "promot[ing] a kind of progressive Rust Belt pride without succumbing to cliché or hipster irony" in the New York Times, and "serv[ing] as a thoughtful foil to national-media characterizations of the region as either hopelessly dystopic or cheerfull
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