Brian Goldstone is a journalist whose longform reporting and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, The New Republic, The California Sunday Magazine, and Jacobin, among other publications. He has a PhD in anthropology from Duke University and was a Mellon Research Fellow at Columbia University. In 2021, he was a National Fellow at New America. He lives in Atlanta with his family.

"[Goldstone] writes about a ruthless housing system that profits from people's desperation and penalizes them for being poor. I was moved by this book. I also felt enraged."--Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times Book Review

"Goldstone stitches together a textured and extraordinarily detailed narrative of [five families'] multiyear struggle to keep a roof over their heads. The effect is reminiscent of Random Family. . . . There Is No Place for Us shifts the paradigm on homelessness."--The Washington Post

"An incredible feat . . . Stunning . . . A book like this ought to be a rallying cry, the 21st-century equivalent of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle."--The Nation

"Beautifully crafted . . . Revelatory and often heartbreaking . . . [Goldstone] has the clear eye and deft touch of a master storyteller. There Is No Place for Us reveals an America few of us know."--The New York Review of Books

"Poignant . . . Through in-depth and often heart-rending accounts, Mr. Goldstone shows why [families] lack stable housing and face difficulties in acquiring it."--The Wall Street Journal

"Brian Goldstone's stunning nonfiction debut, There Is No Place for Us, traces the downfall of the American worker to the fallout of the American Dream. . . . Magnificently stylistic. . . . [Reads like] a gripping novel."-- Rolling Stone

"[An] extraordinary work of journalism . . . There Is No Place for Us tells the stories of [five] families with precision and depth."-- Jezebel

"Devastating . . . [Goldstone] writes with unusual depth and humanity about people whose stories political and media elites largely prefer to ignore."--Baffler

"Read this extraordinary book. If you're lucky, you'll be changed."--Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family

"In this brilliant book, Brian Goldstone lays bare the hidden disaster of housing precarity among America's low-wage workers."--Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of Race for Profit

"If you read one book this year--or this decade--it should be There Is No Place for Us."--Adelle Waldman, author of Help Wanted

"Spellbinding and unflinching . . . this book will devastate you and then set your spirit ablaze."--Antonia Hylton, author of Madness

"Deeply reported and written with an empathy that brims from every page . . . [Goldstone] has pulled off a rare and stunning narrative feat."--Jonathan Blitzer, author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

"A crucial, masterful book that will change the national conversation about homelessness."--Rachel Aviv, author of Strangers to Ourselves

"A blistering investigation into the true scope of America's ballooning homelessness crisis."--Roxanna Asgarian, author of We Were Once a Family

"A tremendous achievement in reporting, in narration, in emotional and intellectual understanding."--James Fallows, author of Our Towns

"A model of ethical journalism . . . Make a place for this book alongside Jane Jacobs' classic Death and Life of Great American Cities."--Kirkus Reviews

"A gripping, high-stakes account of America's housing emergency."--Publishers Weekly

"There Is No Place for Us belongs on the shelf next to Matthew Desmond's Pulitzer Prize-winning Evicted."--BookPage, starred review

"A revelatory and gut-wrenching exploration of an often-ignored homeless population."--Associated Press

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Pub date: 2026-03-03

Length: 448 pages