Publishing, demystified (and commission-free)
Alia Hanna Habib is a literary agent and Vice President at The Gernert Company. She is the author of Take It From Me: An Agentโs No-Nonsense Guide to Building a Nonfiction Career from Scratch, to be published by Pantheon in January 2026.
textCrunch: the art and (data) science of book publishing. A monthly digest of the best data-driven research about books, publishing, and cultureโ for the people who can do something about it.
A psychiatrist in recovery explores the addictions in all of us, integrating science, philosophy, and the art of flourishing in recovery. Columbia University bioethicist, author of THE URGE: OUR HISTORY OF ADDICTION, a New Yorker Best Book of 2022.
Notes from a specialist in witchcraft, scrying, ghosts, and piracy