Pre-Order the Cincinnati Neighborhood Guidebook
I recently had the opportunity to contribute some written work to The Cincinnati Neighborhood Guidebook. Edited by my friend and colleague, Nick Swartsell, the book features essays from both lifelong residents of the city and recent transplants. For my part, I authored a story about two languishing shopping malls in the northern suburbs. These aren’t just institutions that I grew up with (and documented over the years), they’re physical examples of how malls came to languish across the American landscape.
There’s also many other stories in the guidebook that capture the Queen City. A few examples are:
How Mount Auburn changed in the aftermath of the police shooting of Samuel DuBose
The Catholic legacy in Mount Adams
A busy intersection in gentrifying Over-the-Rhine
The fading rural landscape of Camp Dennison
How life by the Ohio River defines and shapes life in Ludlow, KY
Pre-orders are available from Downbound Books of Northside:
After Dec. 6, 2022, you’ll find the book available from retailers both online and in stores. Visit Belt Publishing’s website for more information, as well as, the other titles in their Neighborhood Guidebook series.
Description from Belt Publishing:
“Cincinnati, Ohio, is a complex mix of many different things: its present and its past, its transitions and its legacies; what defines it and distinguishes it; what makes people love it and what makes some eventually leave it. This collection, written by both lifelong Cincinnatians and recent transplants, offers a sampling of life there today—the tensions, debates, the life-and-death battles, and, not least of all, the joys that make this city so alive. It’s a genuinely felt collection that offers a unique perspective on an evolving and energized city, a homegrown portrait showcasing the voices of people who know something about the way life feels—and why it feels that way—in their communities. It’s about all the ways Cincinnati’s differences are the very things that make the city so alive.”
Belt Publishing is worker-owned and women-led LLC based out of Cleveland.
