Maya Phillips
Maya Phillips is an arts, entertainment, and culture writer whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vulture, Slate, Mashable, American Theatre, Black Nerd Problems, and more. She is also a web producer at The New Yorker, and her debut poetry collection, Erou, is forthcoming in fall 2019 from Four Way Books. She lives in Brooklyn.
Latest articles by Maya Phillips
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How The Crown keeps Queen Elizabeth at a distance
feature The Netflix series doesn't make you feel any closer to royalty. That's why it works.
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Dickinson's literary mistake
The Explainer Emily Dickinson is whoever Hollywood wants her to be
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The persistent relevance of Rocko's Modern Life and Invader Zim
feature Netflix's duel Nickelodeon revivals show how much our world has changed — and how much it hasn't
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Legion is a superhero story unlike any other on screen
opinion A series that isn't afraid to get weird
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The problem with authors writing fan fiction
feature The notion of canon has been forever altered, in no small part because of the creators themselves
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How The Magicians dispels the magic of the singular hero
The Explainer There's no "chosen one" in this story
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Can Peter Jackson break the steampunk curse?
The Explainer Why Mortal Engines might change the genre's fortunes
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Anime does superheroes better
opinion All the interesting caped crusaders are coming out of Japan
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Disney is out of ideas
The Explainer Its focus on Pixar, Star Wars, and Marvel seems to be coming at the creative expense of its own brand
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