Anne Trubek
@atrubek.bsky.social
founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com
Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
All these years later I still don’t understand when someone posts something like “my father died” or “I just got laid off” the response of many is to “like” the statement.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
All these years later I still don’t understand when someone posts something like “my father died” or “I just got laid off” the response of many is to “like” the statement.
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And Rav Charlie said this fun run is foreign worship and a danger. But the official from the health authority ran anyways, having eaten only a little food. And he came to a bridge that had iced over and he tripped and he died.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
And Rav Charlie said this fun run is foreign worship and a danger. But the official from the health authority ran anyways, having eaten only a little food. And he came to a bridge that had iced over and he tripped and he died.
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What are the mitzves of Thanks Giving, a festive meal, to eat the turkey bird, to hear the story of thepilgrim, to watch the football game. And some say to argue with an uncle.
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What are the mitzves of Thanks Giving, a festive meal, to eat the turkey bird, to hear the story of thepilgrim, to watch the football game. And some say to argue with an uncle.
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A second set of names (e.g., Kimber, Remington, Archer, Barrett, and Colt) feel connected to rural/frontier symbolism, cowboy aesthetics, and hunting culture (“frontier chic” as I'm calling it). inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/w...
Weapon Baby Names, Political Polarization, and American Masculinities
A BuzzFeed article recently came out claiming that “weapon baby names” are trending. The piece frames the pattern as quirky and slightly absurd—kids named Cannon, Gatlin, Arrow, Gunner, or Trigger,…
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November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A second set of names (e.g., Kimber, Remington, Archer, Barrett, and Colt) feel connected to rural/frontier symbolism, cowboy aesthetics, and hunting culture (“frontier chic” as I'm calling it). inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/w...
oh now we are talking about writing salaries? My contribution: No one* has ever made money from it. Don't romanticize the past. There are zillions of examples of destitution in the archives of your faves!
*except a couple, here and there, randomly
*except a couple, here and there, randomly
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
oh now we are talking about writing salaries? My contribution: No one* has ever made money from it. Don't romanticize the past. There are zillions of examples of destitution in the archives of your faves!
*except a couple, here and there, randomly
*except a couple, here and there, randomly
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Who's from Buffalo? Raise your hand.
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Who's from Buffalo? Raise your hand.
I’m going to piggy back on this to let you know that I will be hanging around AHA if any of you toy with the idea of a trade book from @beltpublishing.bsky.social. We could huddle in a hallway!
Hello historians 🗃️! Planning on attending #AHA26 and have book ideas in mind?
Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I’m going to piggy back on this to let you know that I will be hanging around AHA if any of you toy with the idea of a trade book from @beltpublishing.bsky.social. We could huddle in a hallway!
It’s clearly evident the main use of AI will be to alter the web, hurting anyone who relies on google traffic. We will forget, in a year or two, how it used to be. New forms of searching and discovering will arise and we will use those.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It’s clearly evident the main use of AI will be to alter the web, hurting anyone who relies on google traffic. We will forget, in a year or two, how it used to be. New forms of searching and discovering will arise and we will use those.
50% anything @beltpublishing.bsky.social has ever published? Think of how many gifts you could strike off your list ✅
Where were we? Oh, sales! Snap up any five Belt books for 50% off! www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/...
Belt Publishing
Founded in 2013, Belt promotes voices from the Rust Belt, smart narrative and serious nonfiction on any topic, as well as commercial fiction with a regional foothold.
www.arcadiapublishing.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
50% anything @beltpublishing.bsky.social has ever published? Think of how many gifts you could strike off your list ✅
Find out what @beltpublishing.bsky.social is bringing you next year---
The 2026 Belt Pubishing Catalog
My Book Proposal Course Starts January 5: Six of the 12 spots have been claimed; want one of the remaining ones? Some news from former-participants: a NYT bestseller, a contract with Princeton, gettin...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Find out what @beltpublishing.bsky.social is bringing you next year---
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Columbus in 50 Maps *also* comes out next week! beltpublishing.com/products/col...
Columbus in 50 Maps
Edited by Brent Warren with cartography by Vicky Johnson-DahlDecember 2, 2025 This full-color book of maps, one of Belt Publishing's 50 Maps Series, presents the capital and biggest city in Ohio like ...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Columbus in 50 Maps *also* comes out next week! beltpublishing.com/products/col...
You can watch old Stephen Fry seasons of Q1 on Tubi if you want to know how my November nights are going
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
You can watch old Stephen Fry seasons of Q1 on Tubi if you want to know how my November nights are going
I did not end up liking Electric Spark. Just thought I should update you all (esp @lauriemuchnick.bsky.social)
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I did not end up liking Electric Spark. Just thought I should update you all (esp @lauriemuchnick.bsky.social)
the internet did not invent the genre of quick, angry posting
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the internet did not invent the genre of quick, angry posting
forthcoming as a 2026 Belt Revival *plus* the first edition earns a coveted Cover of the Day 🏆 slot
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
forthcoming as a 2026 Belt Revival *plus* the first edition earns a coveted Cover of the Day 🏆 slot
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Cincy in 50 Maps is out next week! beltpublishing.com/products/cin...
Cincinnati in 50 Maps
Edited by Nick Swartsell with cartography by Andy Woodruff Publication date: December 2, 2025 There are as many versions of Greater Cincinnati as there are residents of the region. That’s roughly tw...
beltpublishing.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Cincy in 50 Maps is out next week! beltpublishing.com/products/cin...
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Chiiiiiiiiicagoland!
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Chiiiiiiiiicagoland!
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How bout yinz, Pittsburgh?
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
How bout yinz, Pittsburgh?
This morning I woke up desperate to know the plot of Mrs Dalloway. I got up to stumble and google immediately—like before I was really awake. I had not been thinking about the book. I’ve never much thought of it. What is this sorcery/dream/liminal state? Also why is it so insufferably nerdy?
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This morning I woke up desperate to know the plot of Mrs Dalloway. I got up to stumble and google immediately—like before I was really awake. I had not been thinking about the book. I’ve never much thought of it. What is this sorcery/dream/liminal state? Also why is it so insufferably nerdy?
The conversations about AI & writing/books often conflate input (training LLMs) and output (using it to write) and these quite separate
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The conversations about AI & writing/books often conflate input (training LLMs) and output (using it to write) and these quite separate
Look, you can have a cover letter or a project proposal or a sample of the work in progress. But not all three! There’s only so much rewriting of the same thing I can do
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Look, you can have a cover letter or a project proposal or a sample of the work in progress. But not all three! There’s only so much rewriting of the same thing I can do
What’s the conventional wisdom about spacing when an application says “1 page” —single or double?
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What’s the conventional wisdom about spacing when an application says “1 page” —single or double?
(Sunday proposal writing requires me to post snippets as encouragement, apologies)
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
(Sunday proposal writing requires me to post snippets as encouragement, apologies)
Ideas are not like property, Jefferson thought. They don’t work on a scarcity model—He who receives light from my candle does so without lessening my light. Jefferson opposed copyright laws.
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ideas are not like property, Jefferson thought. They don’t work on a scarcity model—He who receives light from my candle does so without lessening my light. Jefferson opposed copyright laws.