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'''Alissa Quart''' (born 1972) is an American [[nonfiction|nonfiction writer]], [[critic]], [[journalist]], [[editor]], and [[poet]]. Her nonfiction books are ''Republic of Outsiders: The Power of Amateurs, Dreamers and Rebels'' (2013), ''Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child'' (2007), ''Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers'' (2003), ''Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America'' (2018), and ''Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream'' (2023); her poetry books are ''Monetized'' (2015) and ''Thoughts and Prayers'' (2019).
 
Quart's multimedia story with Maisie Crow, "The Last Clinic" was nominated for a [[National Magazine Awards|National Magazine Award]] and a [[News & Documentary Emmy Award|Documentary Emmy]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emmyonline.org/news_35th_nominations|title=Nominees for the 35th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|publisher=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=2014-10-02|archive-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802131105/http://emmyonline.org/news_35th_nominations|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was Executive Producer of the film "Jackson" that won an Emmy for Best Documentary, Social Issue. Quart is Executive Director of the [[Economic Hardship Reporting Project]], founded by [[Barbara Ehrenreich]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://economichardship.org/about-1 |title=About |website=Economic Hardship Reporting Project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921223908/http://economichardship.org/about-1 |archive-date=21 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Quart's articles and reviews have appeared in ''[[The Guardian|The New York Times, The Guardian]]'',''[[The Atlantic]]'', and many other publications and she has appeared on ''[[Nightline]]'', ''[[20/20 (U.S. TV program)|20/20]]'', the ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today Show]]'', [[CNN]], [[CBC Television|CBC]], and [[C-Span]]. She coined the term ''[[hyperlink cinema]]'' in 2005<ref>{{Cite book |title=Hyperlink Cinema |publisher=VDM Publishing |year=2010 |isbn=9786132654076}}</ref>.
 
Quart has taught at Brown University and [[Columbia University]]'s [[Columbia Graduate School of Journalism|Graduate School of Journalism]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/subj/JOUR/J6040-20133-052/|title=Fall 2013 Journalism J6040 section 052 MASTERS PROJECT I|publisher=Columbia University Directory of Classes|accessdate=Dec 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214114603/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/subj/JOUR/J6040-20133-052/|archive-date=2013-12-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is a 2010 [[Nieman Fellowship]] recipient<ref>{{Cite web |title=Class of 2010 |url=https://nieman.harvard.edu/alumni/class-of-2010/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Nieman Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>.
 
==Early life and education==
Born to two college professors, Quart grew up in lower Manhattan, attending [[Stuyvesant High School]].<ref name=Nyr/> She received a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in [[English Literature]] with Honors in [[Creative Writing]] from [[Brown University]] in 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=Class of 1994 |url=https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/classes/class-of-1994 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=www.brownalumnimagazine.com |language=en}}</ref> then did graduate work in English Literature for a year at [[CUNY Graduate Center]] before completing a [[Master of Science]] at [[Columbia Graduate School of Journalism]] in 1997.<ref name=NYT2/>
 
==Career ==
Alissa Quart is the executive editor of the journalism non-profit Economic Hardship Reporting Project.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/845075.Hothouse_Kids |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Books (Nonfiction)==
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===''Hothouse Kids'' (2006)===
She published ''Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child,''<ref name=At5>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/07/extreme-parenting/304982/5/|title=Extreme Parenting: Does the Baby Genius Edutainment Complex enrich your child's mind—or stifle it?|magazine=The Atlantic|last=Quart|date=July–August 2006}}</ref> a book that examines the cultures of extreme child-rearing that can be found across the U.S. that puts heavy emphasis on early achievement. Quart turns a skeptical eye on the growing genius-building business that includes the [[Baby Einstein]] videos, the [[Scripps National Spelling Bee]], and [[IQ test]]s. In a book that ''Publishers Weekly'' called "first class literary journalism,"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59420-095-3|title=Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child|magazine=Publishers Weekly|date=May 22, 2006}}</ref> she paints a somber picture of what the life of a [[child prodigy]] really looks like.
 
===''Republic of Outsiders'' (2013)===
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