"In No House to Call My Home Berg has given us an antidote to the numbness that comes with reading the statistics on homeless queer youth in America. He's given us their stories. In harrowing, vivid detail, he shows us, through his own experience of working with them, the lives of these young people of color as they struggle through the neglect of adults, the indifference of bureaucracies, and the harsh realities of fending for themselves in a cold world. Again and again, what they are denied is dignity. Which is what this book tries in its own way to give them back, and which is what any social cause requires to initiate lasting change--the opening of empathy." --Adam Haslett, National Book Award Finalist and author of Union Atlantic

"In No House to Call My Home Ryan Berg takes us into the New York foster care system--where he worked for two years as a residential counselor in a group home for LGBTQ youth of color--and gives us, along the way, an earnest, heartfelt, and deeply compassionate portrait of that most fundamental of human needs: to be loved unconditionally. Berg is a brave and clear-eyed writer, and this profoundly important book should be required reading for anyone wishing to be a better ally--or, for that matter, for anyone wishing to be a better human being." --Lacy M. Johnson, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and author of The Other Side

"Sometimes we don't understand the life we find ourselves in the midst of living. Sometimes our longing for home can drive us toward oblivion. Sometimes the best we can do is to create who we have to be in order to get what we need. Sometimes, by immersing ourselves in something larger than ourselves, we can discover who we are. In this moving and clear-eyed account, Ryan Berg reminds us that this moment is more precious than we think, and that sometimes the best we can do is to love each other (damn it)." --Nick Flynn, bestselling author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

"A moving account of the many challenges and difficulties facing LGBTQ foster youth in New York City and how the system has failed them." --Shelf Awareness

"An important and revelatory read." --The Rumpus

"Just as there is a school-to-prison pipeline in this country, so too, this grim report reveals, is there a home-to-homeless paradigm for many young people. Life on the streets is tough. It is tougher still for LGBT--or, as writer, activist, and former counselor Berg would have it, LGBTQ, the last element meaning "questioning"--kids, who constitute as much as 40 percent of the population of young homeless people... Berg's portraits are arresting... His fraught encounters with individuals become universal, offering a touch of hope...Particularly important for caseworkers and social service specialists, who, by Berg's account, are likely to encounter more young people in the LGBTQ population in the near future." --Kirkus Reviews