Collection of texts from male is on phone in US area, New York (10)
I believe the answer is:
miscellany
'collection of texts' is the definition.
'miscellany' can be an answer for 'collection' (miscellany is a kind of collection). I'm unsure of the 'of texts' bit.
'male is on phone in us area new york' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'phone in us area' becomes 'cella' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'new york' becomes 'ny'.
'm'+'is'+'cella'+'ny'='MISCELLANY'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for miscellany that I've seen before include "Mixture" , "anthology" , "varied group" , "Hotch-potch" , "potpourri" .)