Alissa Quart

Quart is the author of five acclaimed books of nonfiction including Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream.

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Why I'm Replacing Doomscrolling With Poetry

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

By Alissa Quart

How Insecurity Became the New Inequality

"The ground beneath our feet is perpetually shifting. And it’s hard to keep our balance," writes Alissa Quart.

By Alissa Quart

The Relentless Cost of Chronic Diseases

We must help ease the economic burden for patients who have chronic diseases, as well as the stigma and disbelief that tend to trail them.

By Alissa Quart

The New American Dream and the Myth of Self-Sufficiency

Relentless individualism has been part of America's ethos. Not anymore, writes Alissa Quart.

By Alissa Quart

Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich, Acid Wit and Workers' Champion

A remembrance of writer and moral force Barbara Ehrenreich

By Alissa Quart
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