Description
Screw Capital of the World. Forest City. Home of the Rockford Peaches of A League of Their Own fame. Rockford, Illinois, has many identities, most oriented toward the past. These days, the fastener industry has mostly rusted away, the trees are less plentiful than they once were, and professional womens baseball is no more. What defines Rockford today?
According to The Rockford Anthology, its the people. Those who grew up here, who came by choice or by circumstance, or who decided to leave. People who lost someone or found a voice or built community here.
In this installment of Belts City Anthology series, the people of Rockford represent themselves in essays, poetry, and photographs. Here, youll meet someone who found the space to start a business after leaving the crowd in Chicago. Academy Award-nominee Bing Liu takes you on a personal tour of his childhood houses and the ghosts that lurk there. A local attorney and activist shares how the city pushed back when ICE wanted to bring a detention center to Rockford. And youll learn why New York Times bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby, stand-up comedian Ashley Ray-Harris, and an introverted expat living in Taiwan always say theyre from Rockford . . . not Chicago. Whether through stories of growing up or chronicles of fights to make the city better, a sense of Rockfords presentand futurestarts to come into focus.
Author: Rachel León
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Belt Publishing
Published: 10/21/2025
Series: Belt City Anthologies
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781540270122
Language: English
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