“Samantha is enviably focused. Her writing is crisp, confident, and convincing.”
Essays, Profiles, & Op-Eds
How I Stopped Worrying and Embraced Being Late | Harper’s Bazaar, 2025
Deep Sedation | KHÔRA, 2025
How to Get a Literary Agent | Post-Mortem newsletter by Emi Nietfeld, 2024
It’s Never Too “Late” to Become a Lesbian | Them, 2024
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts | Slate, 2023
Say You’re Not Interested | Hobart, 2023
Unlearning the Shame of Living with My Parents As an Adult | Catapult, 2022
Everyone Has Moved On and I’m Still Thinking About Miranda’s Coming Out Scene | Electric Literature, 2022
Finding Motivation, Line by Line | Hippocampus Magazine, 2022
Her Climate Superpower? Optimism | Smith Alumnae Quarterly, 2020
The Body Remembers | My Body, My Words: A Collection of Bodies (anthology), 2018
Playing Tricks | Hypertext Magazine, 2017
A Movement, Not a Moment: Inside The Outrage | Ms. Magazine, 2017
I have three cats, but don't call me a crazy cat lady | Washington Post, 2016
Think Tank: Bernie's all talk; it's Hillary who can deliver | The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2016
How to stick it to the poor: A congressional strategy | The Week, 2013
Lists
10 LGBTQ+ Debut Authors on the Books That Shaped Them As Writers | Literary Hub, 2024
10 Books for Taylor Swift’s 10 Eras | Literary Hub, 2023
11 Jewish Authors on the Jewish Books That Shaped Them | Hey Alma, 2023
10 LGBTQ+ Authors on the Books That Taught Them | Literary Hub, 2023
7 Newsletters That Will Help Get Your Book Published | Electric Literature, 2023
7 Newsletters That Will Improve Your Writing | Electric Literature, 2023
Reviews & Interviews
Michelle Gurule on Her Debut Memoir ‘Thank You, John’ | Jezebel, 2025
Michele Filgate by Samantha Paige Rosen | BOMB Magazine, 2025
Alex Alberto by Samantha Paige Rosen | BOMB Magazine, 2024
Marissa Higgins on BookTok, Lesbian Fiction, and Her Debut Novel | Interview Magazine, 2024
Gabrielle Korn on GoodReads Trolls and Girlboss Dystopias | Interview Magazine, 2023
In Idlewild, James Frankie Thomas Captures Primal Teenage Joy | NYLON, 2023
Jiordan Castle Explores Love, Truth, and Incarceration in ‘Disappearing Act’ | Shondaland, 2023
Survival and Resilience in Ruth Madievsky’s Novel ‘All Night Pharmacy’ | Shondaland, 2023
Lizzy McAlpine’s Big Year: The Viral Singer Details The Biggest Moments Behind Her Fast-Rising Career | Grammy.com, 2023
Navigating the Messy, the Scary, and the Beautiful: A Conversation with Marisa Crane | The Rumpus, 2023
Dear Memory book review | The Rupture, 2021
The Part That Burns book review | The Rupture, 2021
Fiction
A New Silence | Lumina Journal, 2019
Hollywood & Highland | Necessary Fiction, 2018
Poetry
betty: a queer reckoning | Kiss Your Darlings: A Taylor Swift Anthology, 2022
Press
8 Writers Share Books You Should Read in 2025 | Debutiful, 2025
Meet Samantha Paige Rosen | Canvas Rebel, 2024
Electric Literature’s Most Popular Articles of 2023 | Electric Literature, 2023
Notes From Paradise: News for the Smith College Community | Smith College, 2023
Rainbow Reading | Autostraddle, 2023
Notes From Paradise: News for the Smith College Community | Smith College, 2023
Pop Culture Fix and Rainbow Reading | Autostraddle, 2022
In Conversation on "A New Silence" | Lumina Journal, 2019
11 New Feminist Books That Could Change Your Entire Year | Bustle, 2018
Happy Hour Roundup | Washington Post, 2013
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“Sam’s writing combines the observational and storytelling skill of a personal essayist with the lucid style of a reporter. What elevates her work above the norm is not only the scrupulous attention she devotes to her prose but the passion she invests in her subjects.”