Merchants of Culture: A Conversation With S&S Editor Yahdon Israel

Alia Hanna Habib

Literary agent and VP at The Gernert Company. Author of TAKE IT FROM ME: An Agent’s No-Nonsense Guide to Building a Nonfiction Career from Scratch (Pantheon * January 2026).

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