NEW interview on Columbus in 50 Maps, coming in October. Read the full conversation at our site. beltpublishing.com/pages/conver...

"A charming, idiosyncratic love letter to his native Ohio." www.publishersweekly.com/9781540270108

This is a good one. beltpublishing.com/pages/conver...

New author interview live! This one's with Nick Swartsell and Andy Woodruff, the editor and cartographer of Belt's forthcoming Cincinnati in 50 Maps. @awoodruff.bsky.social beltpublishing.com/pages/conver...

"Jack's sports reporting was always fair, honest, and straightforward. He tells his own story in the same exact way." —Cris Collinsworth, NBC Sunday Night Football FOOTBALL SISSY is available now. www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

Wonderful Amelia Bloomer review!

It's FOOTBALL SISSY publication day!!! Congratulations to Jack Brennan and welcome to this wonderful memoir. www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

Football Sissy launches tomorrow! Come out, Cincinnati 👠

NEW author and cartographer interview on Belt's site! Vicky and Brent talk mapping Columbus ahead of the winter publication of Columbus in 50 Maps. beltpublishing.com/pages/conver...

Pretty good haul today at the @beltpublishing.bsky.social tent 😎👍📚

Only four authors have ever won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice. One of them is Booth Tarkington, whose second award was for Alice Adams. Pre-order our forthcoming reissue of this astounding novel to get it on your doorstep in late September! beltpublishing.com/products/ali...

Football Sissy comes out next week! Read an excerpt online now --> www.queerty.com/he-had-a-wif...

"[Football Sissy] is unique both because of Brennan’s time spent in the super-masculine, conformist world of football... and because of his particular LGBTQ+ identity." www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/jack...

Listen to Jack Brennan on NPR! Football Sissy is out September 9. www.wvxu.org/show/cincinn...

Cincinnati in 50 Maps, by Nick Swartsell and me, is off to the printer, so you can get your pre-orders in now for the December launch! beltpublishing.com/products/cin... Get this, folks: I counted and there are 125 individual maps. That's 75 extra maps for free!

We love you, Rockford! Read our interview with Rachel León, editor of The Rockford Anthology, on Belt's site. beltpublishing.com/pages/conver...

It's pawpaw season! Tuck a cookbook in your pocket. www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

"The author is unabashedly curious... A surprisingly entertaining read about an environmental disaster." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

The last days of the 50% sale are upon us. Stack your cart while you can! www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/...

"This book captures the beauty and complexity of an often-misunderstood city through a kaleidoscope of perspectives. Local readers will learn surprising things about the Rockford they thought they knew, while others will receive a nuanced introduction to a distinctive piece of America’s heartland."

Take a tour of some of the radical communities just beyond city limits. Radical Suburbs and many other titles are 50% off until the end of August. Discounts reflected at checkout. www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/...

Thomas Geoghegan's The History of Democracy is 50% off this week only. www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

"This year, things on Lake Erie aren’t any better... if you live near a body of fresh water, you might be experiencing that same strange seasonal sight that is fast becoming as normalized as orange leaves in October and pink flowers in April: Neon green toxic algae." www.salon.com/2025/08/16/t...

Weekend reading? The 50% off sale continues. www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/...

Intrigued? Craig's book is currently 50% off! www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

Good, gooood things are on sale for the month of August. www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/...

"Caterall has given us a well-written, fresh look at Bloomer that will most likely inspire other writers to pursue their own reconsiderations of the woman who should be known for more than a short-lived fashion choice." iupress.org/journals/imh/ www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

SALE SALE SALE continues! 50% off select titles for the month of August. www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/...

A lot of our pre-orders are on sale with free shipping till pub day. Reserve your copy of this stinky, sludgy wonder today. ❇️💚✅ beltpublishing.com/products/the...

Big ole sale happening now in Belt Land. 50% off select titles; have a wander around the site! www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/...

This one is going to be so strange and great. We can't wait! beltpublishing.com/products/bri...

Mercury retrograde ends today! Time to pull some cards? www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

"Major Arcana is damn good." @tobiascarroll.bsky.social zonamotel.substack.com/p/essay-majo...

“The big trend in the world of literary fiction for the last decade or so was really autofiction... in a kind of transparent, not very adorned prose,” said Pistelli. “I think there’s been some desire to get back to that bigger canvas social novel." www.vox.com/culture/4212...

The Great Black Swamp (forthcoming in November) is a story of catastrophe that crackles with humor. Read our interview with author Patrick Wensink in full on Belt's site. beltpublishing.com/pages/conver...

Be Not Afraid of My Body is a finalist for the gay memoir category at the Lambda Literary Awards! We love this book and couldn't be happier for Darius Stewart. lambdaliterary.org/2025/07/anno...

Big news at Belt! The 50 Maps family is growing. We just confirmed we'll be adding the Twin Cities to the lineup with Minneapolis-based cartographer named Jacob Steinberg. Hooray for Twin Cities in 50 Maps! 🗺️

NEW interview live! This one's with Rachel León, editor of the forthcoming collection, The Rockford Anthology. beltpublishing.com/pages/conver...

I salute scrappy, bold small presses for serving authors and readers with titles that may sell as few as 400 books . . . . . . such as @beltpublishing.bsky.social of Pittsburgh, founded 12 years ago in Cleveland by the visionary whose post is below:

Our September books are on sale till pub day! Pre-order Football Sissy and Alice Adams at a discount while you can. beltpublishing.com/collections/...

Maps, maps, maps! www.bridgedetroit.com/deeper-dive-...

Book of the Week is Midwest Pie! Collect your stone fruits, friends. bookshop.org/p/books/midw...

Library Journal says "Brennan offers an illuminating front-row seat to his journey toward authenticity and self-realization." www.libraryjournal.com/review/footb...

You heard it here: "Every urban historian and city planner should have a copy on the shelf." lareviewofbooks.org/article/kill...

Darius Stewart, folks! He made a book that's exactly this. bookshop.org/p/books/be-n...

Celebratory little review of The Pocket Rhubarb Cookbook in COMO Mag --> "Whether it’s through a simple loaf of Rhubarb Honey Bread or a deep exploration of food history, Furstenau’s writing continues to nourish and connect us all." comomag.com/2025/07/15/c...

Belt interviewed author Darius Stewart about his memoir BE NOT AFRAID OF MY BODY, recently honored by the ALA Stonewall Award. Read our full conversation on Belt's site. beltpublishing.com/pages/conver...

We're featuring books of the week over on our Instagram these days. Check it out! @beltpub

We love the Football Sissy love! "Brennan worries that the political climate is fueling needless trauma and division, but he also holds onto the belief that sharing stories like his memoir can chip away at bigotry and promote understanding." www.citybeat.com/arts/cleats-...

"In its mixture of literary ambition and old-fashioned showmanship, John Pistelli’s latest novel is a throwback to the efflorescence of popular literary fiction in the mid-late 20th century." -Andy Hartzell raintaxi.com/major-arcana/