Just one of the 300+ photos in the upcoming book! This one is definitely a favorite: the Robert Givins castle, currently in use as a Unitarian church.
(Some claim it’s haunted… that certainly wouldn’t stop me from looking around a bit.)
Just one of the 300+ photos in the upcoming book! This one is definitely a favorite: the Robert Givins castle, currently in use as a Unitarian church.
(Some claim it’s haunted… that certainly wouldn’t stop me from looking around a bit.)
Big congratulations to @scatterall.bsky.social, who just received this award from the Historical Society of lowa!
It’s the Certificate of Merit for the Benjamin F. Shambaugh book award, recognizing the most significant books about Iowa history from last year.
More on the book: tinyurl.com/4rw3da9x
THRILLED to announce this book by @jaykaydee.bsky.social, coming from @beltpublishing.bsky.social in February. Cover by @downpourdw.bsky.social
The American Writers Festival is right around the corner, June 6 & 7! It’s a free two-day festival with over 90 authors in Chicago!
Come out to this event on day two with 50 Maps authors @awoodruff.bsky.social and @chefstentor.bsky.social!
americanwritersmuseum.org/program-cale...
Our upcoming photo book by renowned Chicago photographer Mati Maldre is currently on sale! It documents the diverse, historic architecture of two communities in hundreds of duotone photographic plates. (So many incredible Prairie School homes!)
Preorder: beltpublishing.com/products/the...
Belt will be one of the exhibitors at this year’s Columbus Book Festival! Look for table 33 in the topiary garden marketplace!
July 11: 10:00–6:00
July 12: 10:00–5:00
Belt friends @greatfartsoflit.bsky.social, Patrick Wensink, and @brentincolumbus.bsky.social are part of the event as well!
Great new article by Patty Heyda (author of Radical Atlas of Ferguson, USA) in @us.theconversation.com!
Discussing the potential of counter maps, which “rework existing assumptions to expand on the dominant narratives about a place to include viewpoints that were previously excluded.”
I'm thrilled to announce that I will soon be an author!
My book, The Twin Cities in 50 Maps, is a cartographic portrait of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The book includes 50 painstakingly designed maps and deeply researched essays that trace the Cities' urbanity, history, ecology, and culture.
BOYS COME FIRST, indie publisher's first-ever novel...from a Black Queer debut novelist is a great #PrideMonth reading idea via @beltpublishing.bsky.social, got my 4.5* here: #Booksky 🌈📚
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Mati MaldreJuly 28, 2026 The Architecture of Chicago’s Beverly Hills/Morgan Park is the first complete large-format visual record published of these Southwest Side twin communities in Chicago. The his...
From who gets to vote to how people travel and where taxpayer dollars are funneled, politicians and urban planners wield maps to control public imagination.
