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My boxing friends make fun of me for being so “aggressive” but today my mom told me when she was getting her booster she accidentally punched the pharmacist cuz he “surprised” her This was not the first time she’s reacted fist-first to a “surprise.” Never try surprising my mom🤣

Hey there! I’m in Syracuse to get nerdy. Come join 🤓

Richard Siken's "Scheherazade" is still one of my favorite love poems.

Omgomgomgomg I am so pleased

We've come a long way from "Revenge of the Nerds," thankfully. For The Tangential, I reviewed the absorbing new Maya Phillips audiobook about the real-world power of imagined universes. thetangential.com/2022/11/03/aud…

🎉 Happy one-month #BookBirthday to NERD! ✍️ Maya Phillips (Maya Phillips / Atria Books) 📚 Genre: #SocialScience / #Essays Learn more: bit.ly/btw101122

The “Black Panther” films imbue heroes and villains with a complexity that is derived from the politics around colonization and the African diaspora, our critic Maya Phillips writes. nyti.ms/3VmDAtv

Here are the plays, musicals, shows and films that stuck with Maya Phillips this year. nyti.ms/3VsHaSJ

Good morning, The New York Times. We solved today's crossword for you.

We’re asking readers to not engage in any The New York Times platforms tomorrow and stand with us on the digital picket line! Read local news. Listen to public radio. Make something from a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak.

#FromTheArchive: “Taking in different forms of art and looking at them critically opens my mind up to different possibilities in my poetry,” says Maya Phillips in #WritersRecommend. “But simply reading good writing helps most of all.” at.pw.org/MayaPhillips

Since John Cena now follows me, here is an appreciation post for the Peacemaker, tied with Deadpool for the title of my favorite politically incorrect hero 🦅 😂

Starting the new year w a big change: I will be a single young Black woman living & writing in a Brooklyn Heights apt I’ve bought on my own 😁. Meanwhile current place is in pre-move disarray, which has been anxiety-inducing for me & the pup—but there’s still the bed for cuddling

Author Maya Phillips, who narrates her own book, conveys her fondness for imagined characters and worlds and her appreciation for the growing acceptance of so-called “nerd” culture. Simon & Schuster Audio ow.ly/K5Be30st4Hq

I can’t believe I’m starting the year as a Brooklyn homeowner. Just closed this morning and would pop a bottle of champagne but instead am gonna spend the rest of the day packing and cleaning, which is its own kinda celebration, in a sense 😂🏠

I got to write about Fat Ham Broadway again—I can’t wait to see this show a third time 😁

There's no classroom like NYC! M.S. 839 students met with Maya Phillips, critic at large The New York Times to discuss her path to journalism & examine a piece she wrote on #BlackPanther. This visit supported MS 839's cross-disciplinary learning expedition on morality within the MCU!

Tonight I’ll be sending out the first edition of my brand-new newsletter, Existentialism on a Weeknight. Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out! mayabphillips.substack.com