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Author Joseph Bathanti’s East Liberty - Belt Magazine “As with Joyce’s Dublin, place isn’t simply geographical–it is inherent in the working-class culture in which characters live. The tension remains across stories because it is, at root, based in economics and class status.”

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This month at the magazine, we're sharing a selection of Rust Belt-oriented pieces recently published at our newly-launched sibling publication, the Pittsburgh Review of Books (PRoB).

PRoB isn't only focused on our region, but part of our mission is to introduce this region to the world (and vice versa).

Read about the father of the Pittsburgh School of Poetry, the great editor Ed Ochester, parse the metaphysics of Michigan in the poetry of Cal Freeman, and examine the left-wing murals of the Croatian social realist Maxo Vanka in Millvale, Pennsylvania.

Home - Belt Magazine November 2025By Ed Simon In the Venn Diagram that demonstrates the relationship between Rust Belt Magazine and The Pittsburgh [...]2025-11-06T12:48:11-05:00By Ed Simon|