What is a home? That is what writer and editor Samantha Paige Rosen sought to answer in the essay anthology, Living, Together: Reimagining Community in the Age of Disconnection. In it, over twenty writers explore found family, hacking adulthood, and other lessons communal living can teach us about the future of housing in America. It is set to be published on July 14, 2026, by Beacon Press and is available for pre-order now.
Rosen, whose writing on identity, the arts, and culture has appeared in the Washington Post, Harper’s Bazaar, Slate, Them, BOMB, and Literary Hub, earned her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and currently lives outside of Philadelphia.
The anthology features essays and interviews from:
- Mary Anne Adams
- Alex Alberto
- Kristen Arnett
- Elizabeth Hart Bergstrom
- Rodney M. Bordeaux
- Suanne Carlson
- Rhaina Cohen
- Jonathan Escoffery
- Hank Gamel and Fran Biederman
- Simone Gorrindo
- Hannah Grieco
- Tiffany Harris
- Gabrielle Korn
- Amanda E. Machado
- Sarah Thankam Mathews
- Dani McClain
- Adam Meyer
- Jake Montano aka Imelda Glucose
- Kim Stanley Robinson
- Adam Vitcavage
- Kate Madden Yee
Debutiful is honored to reveal the anthology’s cover, designed by Beacon Press creative director Carol Chu and featuring artwork by Ilia Panfilov, along with a Q&A with Rosen about its creation.
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