Alissa Quart http://isni.org/isni/000000011436847X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alissa_Quart https://viaf.org/viaf/3407968 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16204114 An American 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), and Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America (2018), the poetry book Monetized (2015) and the poetry book Thoughts and Prayers (2019).