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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), and ''Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers'' (2003). Quart's articles and reviews have appeared in ''[[The Atlantic]],'' theher ''[[New York Times Sunday Review]]''poetry, ''[[The Nation]]Monetized'', ''[[Newsweek]]'', ''[[Mother Jones (magazine2015)|Mother Jones]]'', and ''[[Marie Claire]]'', and she has appeared on ''[[Nightline]]'', ''[[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 and popularized the term ''[[hipster sexism]]''. She was an editor at large for [[The Atavist]], an award-winning nonfiction [[iPad]] and enhanced [[ebook]] publisher: Her 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}}</ref> With [[Barbara Ehrenreich]], she coedits the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.<ref name=Nyr/> Her articles and reviews have appeared in ''[[The Atlantic]],'' the ''[[New York Times Sunday Review]]'', ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[Newsweek]]'', ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'', and ''[[Marie Claire]]'', and she has appeared on ''[[Nightline]]'', ''[[20/20]]'', the ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today Show]]'', [[CNN]], [[CBC Television|CBC]], and [[C-Span]].