Voices from the Rust Belt by Trubek, Anne

Voices from the Rust Belt

"Timely . . . the collection] paints intimate portraits of neglected places that are often used as...
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Author: Anne Trubek
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Voices from the Rust Belt by Trubek, Anne

Voices from the Rust Belt

$36.25

Voices from the Rust Belt

$36.25
Author: Anne Trubek
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"Timely . . . the collection] paints intimate portraits of neglected places that are often used as political talking points. A good companion piece to J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy."--Booklist

The essays in Voices from the Rust Belt address segregated schools, rural childhoods, suburban ennui, lead poisoning, opiate addiction, and job loss. They reflect upon happy childhoods, successful community ventures, warm refuges for outsiders, and hidden oases of natural beauty. But mainly they are stories drawn from uniquely personal experiences: A girl has her bike stolen. A social worker in Pittsburgh makes calls on clients. A journalist from Buffalo moves away, and misses home.... A father gives his daughter a bath in the lead-contaminated water of Flint, Michigan (from the introduction).

Where is America's Rust Belt? It's not quite a geographic region but a linguistic one, first introduced as a concept in 1984 by Walter Mondale. In the modern vernacular, it's closely associated with the Post-Industrial Midwest, and includes Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, as well as parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, and New York. The region reflects the country's manufacturing center, which, over the past forty years, has been in decline. In the 2016 election, the Rust Belt's economic woes became a political talking point, and helped pave the way for a Donald Trump victory.

But the region is neither monolithic nor easily understood. The truth is much more nuanced. Voices from the Rust Belt pulls together a distinct variety of voices from people who call the region home. Voices that emerge from familiar Rust Belt cities--Detroit, Cleveland, Flint, and Buffalo, among other places--and observe, with grace and sensitivity, the changing economic and cultural realities for generations of Americans.

Author: Anne Trubek
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 04/03/2018
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781250162977


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/13/2017
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2018
Booklist 02/15/2018 pg. 21
Shelf Awareness 04/17/2018
Library Journal 03/15/2018 pg. 103

About the Author
ANNE TRUBEK is the founder and director of Belt Publishing. She is the author of The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting and A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses, and the co-editor of Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology.


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