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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Excited to share our newest project: a comic about the many ways Cleveland has played a central role in our democratic experiment! You can read more and see the full art here: clereviewofbooks.com/cleveland-la... @natepowell.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

We're currently accepting articles for our 2026 issue, The Regenerative Rust Belt. Send us your articles and write with any questions. Also, please share the CFP far and wide! @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social #academicsky #booksky

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Seeking volunteers for a research study on experiences of racialized minorities in the rural Rust Belt Looking for participants for virtual or in-person interviews (approximately 30 min-1 hour).

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

When we hosted @andrewaydin.bsky.social in Cleveland, we had to have him do a reading of Taste of Justice--a superhero webcomic about superheroes and food, 2 things #CLE is known for--@dccomicsreal.bsky.social @literarycleveland.bsky.social Read it here: www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/comics/book/...

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Last week we hosted @andrewaydin.bsky.social at the Cleveland Foundation for the 90th anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and Congressman Lewis, who won the award in 1999. Dawn Arrington, Dir of Comics at the Corner led the interview @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

What a weekend! We'll be sharing highlights from our 2nd Rust Belt Symposium, a chance to tell our own stories and imagine new futures rooted in community. Like the #splicecreamtruck, we are "powered by North East Shores" ... and stories! ❤️ @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

It was a true honor to host one of comics' greats this weekend when @andrewaydin.bsky.social visited Cleveland for the first time. He fit right in! Look for picture and videos: here is a sneak peek @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social #CLE #RustBelt

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We met w/ Dawn Arrington of Comics at the Corner today to plan her conversation w/ @andrewaydin.bsky.social at the Cleveland Foundation this week. Let's celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and John Lewis' legacy @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Our reading of John Lewis, @andrewaydin.bsky.social, and @natepowell.bsky.social’s March with students from Tri-C and Ursuline College continues. Pictured are some of our book club members. @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social #comics #Cleveland #rustbelt

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We have a handful of additional tickets available for our April 4th Symposium. Please email katharine.trostel@ursuline.edu if you're interested! @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Next week @andrewaydin.bsky.social will be at the Cleveland Foundation in honor of the 90th anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which John Lewis won in 1999. #booksky #comicssky @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social #comics #Cleveland #RustBelt

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Getting our swag ready for our Rust Belt Symposium at #ursulinecollege! Our bags are from Found Surface "Manufacturing eco-friendly soft goods in Cleveland, Ohio." Our event is sold out but you can learn more about our work: www.rustbeltlab.org. @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Next month: Books at the Market at Cleveland's historic, West Side Market w/ @andrewaydin.bsky.social. Will we see you? Join @literarycleveland.bsky.social, Cleveland Public Library, Comics at the Corner, more! #comics #booksky #CLE #RustBelt @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Students @ Ursuline College & Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland are reading March 1-3 by John Lewis, @andrewaydin.bsky.social, & @natepowell.bsky.social this Spring! Prepping for Andrew's visit! @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social #comics #CLE

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Only three tickets remain for our 2025 Rust Belt Symposium @ursulinecollege on 4/4! Join us as we co-create humanities ecosystems in the Rust Belt. Make connections, learn about opportunities to collaborate, and explore public humanities initiatives in our region. secure.acceptiva.com?cst=6DKzh4

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Join us on 4/4 & hear from Midstory "a non-profit thinkhub that progresses the narrative of the Midwest by incubating bright, diverse and interdisciplinary thinkers to ... envision the future of our region." secure.acceptiva.com?cst=6DKzh4 @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Interested in how comics document place? Consider submitting an abstract for a proposed panel on Rust Belt comics for the 2026 MLA conference in Toronto--@modernlanguage.bsky.social. @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social #academicsky #rustbelt #comics Learn more www.rustbeltlab.org

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Join us on 4/4 for our Rust Belt Humanities Lab Symposium at Ursuline. Learn about the amazing work of the Charles W. Chesnutt Archive Team as they spotlight the legacy of a transformative Cleveland writer & build community around his work. @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Our symposium will feature the Splice Cream Truck: "An ice cream truck with an analog recording studio, splicing communities together through stories!" Tell a story about place for an ice cream! Register: secure.acceptiva.com?cst=6DKzh4 @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Sina also documented Cleveland for us, located Ursuline College in the heart of the Rust Belt, and cartooned a portrait of Edith Anisfield Wolf, founder of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, which is central to our class. You can learn more about this work and other projects at RustBeltStudies.org #CLE

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Thank you @sinagrace.bsky.social for drawing books we read: @derfbackderf.bsky.social's Kent State, @andrewaydin.bsky.social & @natepowell.bsky.social, and John Lewis' March, works by Tiya Miles, Natasha Trethewey, Tracy K. Smith, Isabel Wilkerson, Ned Blackhawk, @atrubek.bsky.social, and more.

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Last month @katietrostel.bsky.social and @valentinolzullo.bsky.social presented their work "Rhetorics of the Rust Belt" at the meetings of the MLA. With funding from the Teagle foundation, we have revamped our composition courses to focus on writing about place. #academicsky #booksky #RustBelt #CLE

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Join us on April 4th at Ursuline as we co-create humanities ecosystems in the Rust Belt. Make connections, learn about opportunities to collaborate, and explore public humanities initiatives in our region. secure.acceptiva.com?cst=6DKzh4 @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The Rust Belt Humanities Lab Symposium will be held on Ursuline College Campus on Friday, April 4, 2025. Featuring Midstory, Splice Cream Truck, the Charles Chesnutt Archives and @andrewaydin.bsky.social #booksky #academicsky #RustBelt #Cleveland Tickets available at secure.acceptiva.com?cst=6DKzh4

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Help us study the Rust Belt and tell the story of our region by submitting to Rust Belt Studies. Our first issue comes out later this year and we're looking for submission for our next issue: The Regenerative Rust Belt! #academicsky #booksky @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Honored to sponsor Rust Belt Fibershed Symposium: Enlivening Our Place through Fibers and Textiles--a joyful gathering reminding us of interconnected world, ecosystems, stories we tell about place, and push for regeneration in our region. What can we make, grow, & build together in the Rust Belt? ❤️

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Next "Books at the Market" on Saturday, April 5 at Cleveland's West Side Market! We're making comics and giving out books w/ Tri-C, Cleveland Public library, @literarycleveland.bsky.social, Comics at the Corner and more! @sinagrace.bsky.social @andrewaydin.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Save the date for our Rust Belt Symposium at Ursuline College. Soon: announcements for special guests, tickets, and opportunities for sponsorship! More info: www.rustbeltstudies.org/symposium @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @sinagrace.bsky.social @andrewaydin.bsky.social @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Will we see you at Superman trivia at Ursuline College on December 7? We are ready with stickers, buttons, a pierogi bar, and more! @jamesgunn.bsky.social @dcoffical.bsky.social #Superman #comics #DCcomics #RustBelt #BringSupermanHome Grab a ticket here: ursulinecollege.ticketspice.com/superman

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Thanks @sinagrace.bsky.social for coming to our Rust Belt Lit course to talk about Superman The Harvests of Youth! The book is now official Rust Belt canon! #Superman #RustBelt #Comics #DCcomics @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social @jamesgunn.bsky.social @dccomicsreal.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Join us on Saturday, December 7 at Ursuline College for Superman trivia. We are helping the Siegel & Shuster Society raise money for the Superman statue in Cleveland. You grab your ticket here: ursulinecollege.ticketspice.com/superman

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We are publishing first issue of Rust Belt Studies next year with support from @ohiohumanities.bsky.social and in collaboration with Midstory. In the meantime, we are planning our second issue: The Regenerative Rust Belt. Join the conversation and submit a piece to us. More at Rustbeltstudies.org

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

We had so much fun last night at Carol and John's Comics for trivia with @markwaid.bsky.social! He won of course! Today we're at Cleveland Public Library where Mark will be giving a talk at 5pm! See you then! More info at Supermanscleveland.com

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Our Superman's Cleveland celebration continues with @markwaid.bsky.social! 10/5 we're reading Birthright with art by Leinel Yu, on 10/7 a Zoom with Ed Gross, and then a visit to Cleveland for the weekend of 10/13-10/14 for a signing, trivia, & more! #Superman #DCComics Supermanscleveland.com

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

Next weekend @phillipkjohnson.bsky.social joins us in Cleveland for an event at the Cleveland Public Library and a signing at Carol and John's Comic Book Shop! More info at Supermanscleveland.com #Superman #Hulk #GreenLantern #comics

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

We've got some fun programs coming up with the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Public Library, Tri-C and more! All events are part of our Superman's Cleveland programming. See Supermanscleveland.com for more information! #Superman #comics #Cleveland

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

Our Superman celebration starts next week! Seen here Valentino Zullo stopping by the Literary Cleveland offices to promote! More info at Supermanscleveland.com @jamesgunn.bsky.social

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

Superman swag! Poster art by Dan Gorman. Button art by @sinagrace.bsky.social More coming soon. See you in less than 2 weeks as we kick off Superman's Cleveland! Organized by Ohio Humanities, Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library and us! More info: supermanscleveland.com

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 24/08/2023

Next month @phillipkjohnson.bsky.social joins us as part of @Literary Cleveland's Inkubator conference at the Cleveland Public Library. Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-inkub... More Superman programs in Cleveland at Supermanscleveland.com

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