Tyler McMahon

Tyler McMahon was born and raised in the Washington, DC, area. He studied at the University of Virginia and Boise State University. His work has appeared in Three Penny Review, Antioch Review, The Nervous Breakdown, and elsewhere. Currently, he lives in Honolulu with his wife, food writer Dabney Gough, and teaches in the English Department at Hawaii Pacific University.

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“How the Mistakes Were Made is a fiercely affectionate rendering of that period right before the general public was hungry for the Nirvanas and the Pearl Jams—but hadn’t yet heard