A review by pearseanderson
Rust Belt Arcana: Tarot and Natural History in the Exurban Wilds by Matt Stansberry

4.0

This is an incredibly helpful guide to both tarot and the Northeast Ohio biotic community! Wilson is a great illustrator, Stansberry always has something to say and many, many sources to draw on (though his tarot investigations tend to head back to the same 3 tarot books), I was intrigued and learned a lot about how my region works through this small book. There was some repetition and its definitely best read spread out, like an entry a day for a month or something, but I just wanted to finish it and powered through last night.

Connection: I applied to work at Belt Publishing early in this book's production cycle as a freshmen at Oberlin College, I believe, and I still might look into Belt opportunities. I received this copy from Belt's publicity guy, as I was originally going to write a review of Rust Belt Arcana prior to the release date, but my plans fell through as another Great Lakes project took over my life (Great Lakes Limnology)