Tyler McAndrew
@tyler-m.bsky.social
fiction writer. debut book MY PRISONER & OTHER STORIES (mad creek books / OSU press, 2025) won the 2024 non/fiction award. https://tmcandrew.com/
kinda stopped reading for a bit cause the baby wasn't letting me get any sleep at all but i opened this one yesterday and am really, really enjoying it so far.
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
kinda stopped reading for a bit cause the baby wasn't letting me get any sleep at all but i opened this one yesterday and am really, really enjoying it so far.
i don't usually make new years resolutions but had the thought i'd buy 1 small / indie press book per month in 2026. i was running errands this morning, ended up near the bookstore w/ an hour to kill before work, decided to start early.
small pieces, by micheline aharonian marcom + fowzia karimi
small pieces, by micheline aharonian marcom + fowzia karimi
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
i don't usually make new years resolutions but had the thought i'd buy 1 small / indie press book per month in 2026. i was running errands this morning, ended up near the bookstore w/ an hour to kill before work, decided to start early.
small pieces, by micheline aharonian marcom + fowzia karimi
small pieces, by micheline aharonian marcom + fowzia karimi
brother you have no idea, it gets even better
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
brother you have no idea, it gets even better
this book i bought for my baby yesterday....🤌
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
this book i bought for my baby yesterday....🤌
i'm like 3 days late to this but everyone was posting the first lines of their books and i think i've got some good ones.
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i'm like 3 days late to this but everyone was posting the first lines of their books and i think i've got some good ones.
don't remember if i bought a copy of this or if my press maybe just sent one to me, but in either case, i am excited to read this book! upstate NY short story collections unite! 💪
November 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
don't remember if i bought a copy of this or if my press maybe just sent one to me, but in either case, i am excited to read this book! upstate NY short story collections unite! 💪
getting ready for class tonight.
October 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
getting ready for class tonight.
i'm pretty much always gonna do one of these if i see it.
get to know me in ten books:
get to know me in ten books:
October 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
i'm pretty much always gonna do one of these if i see it.
get to know me in ten books:
get to know me in ten books:
extremely good used dvd haul from the grand opening of my local @vinsyn.bsky.social store.
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
extremely good used dvd haul from the grand opening of my local @vinsyn.bsky.social store.
shoutout to my neighbors, you don't often see the 15 ft home depot skeleton in dense urban areas.
October 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
shoutout to my neighbors, you don't often see the 15 ft home depot skeleton in dense urban areas.
my wife laura gave me uhhhh the best birthday present i've ever received? i listen to this album on youtube like minimum twice a week but have never owned an actual copy. somehow it's the sort of album that i would not want on any format other than cd.
October 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
my wife laura gave me uhhhh the best birthday present i've ever received? i listen to this album on youtube like minimum twice a week but have never owned an actual copy. somehow it's the sort of album that i would not want on any format other than cd.
unbelievable haul from the neighborhood flea market
October 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
unbelievable haul from the neighborhood flea market
having a 4-month-old baby means i have had woefully little time to read lately BUT i feel so extremely lucky to be living a life in which i've got a "to read" stack 6-books deep of stuff written by friends and acquaintances.
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
having a 4-month-old baby means i have had woefully little time to read lately BUT i feel so extremely lucky to be living a life in which i've got a "to read" stack 6-books deep of stuff written by friends and acquaintances.
i'm re-reading "the five-forty-eight" for my class tonight....really enamored with how cheever tends to characterization here. really wish more contemporary story fiction was this patient and thorough.
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
i'm re-reading "the five-forty-eight" for my class tonight....really enamored with how cheever tends to characterization here. really wish more contemporary story fiction was this patient and thorough.
my phone camera doesn't do it justice but there is some real count dracula shit happening in the sky above pittsburgh right now.
October 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
my phone camera doesn't do it justice but there is some real count dracula shit happening in the sky above pittsburgh right now.
this is a ways out still, but for pittsburgh folks: on dec. 4, i'm going to be reading at the mount lebanon public library as part of their speaker series.
October 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
this is a ways out still, but for pittsburgh folks: on dec. 4, i'm going to be reading at the mount lebanon public library as part of their speaker series.
the number of years that i have been casually scrounging discogs for a reasonably priced copy of this record is honestly insane.
October 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
the number of years that i have been casually scrounging discogs for a reasonably priced copy of this record is honestly insane.
william maxwell was a revelation for me when i was reading these stories circa ~2015. most of my writerly impulses prior were, uh, very loud. maxwell, master of the quiet story, rly made me want to hit some softer notes. many of my fav stories in my book just wouldn't exist if not for this guy.
October 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
william maxwell was a revelation for me when i was reading these stories circa ~2015. most of my writerly impulses prior were, uh, very loud. maxwell, master of the quiet story, rly made me want to hit some softer notes. many of my fav stories in my book just wouldn't exist if not for this guy.
i grew up next to a huge city park and spent most of my childhood fucking around in the woods, which definitely shows in my stories. books about kids fucking around in the woods are huge for me. kids fucking around in the street, also very important.
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
i grew up next to a huge city park and spent most of my childhood fucking around in the woods, which definitely shows in my stories. books about kids fucking around in the woods are huge for me. kids fucking around in the street, also very important.
i would be remiss not to mention the influence of bill lychack on my stories. bill was my mfa advisor, but he also happens to be one of my favorite writers. there are at least a couple stories in my book in which i am pretty blatantly just trying to write what feels to me like "a bill story."
October 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
i would be remiss not to mention the influence of bill lychack on my stories. bill was my mfa advisor, but he also happens to be one of my favorite writers. there are at least a couple stories in my book in which i am pretty blatantly just trying to write what feels to me like "a bill story."
in retrospect, one of the oldest stories that appears in my book was very much me trying to work through the overwhelming influence of both "of mice and men" and "jesus' son."
October 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
in retrospect, one of the oldest stories that appears in my book was very much me trying to work through the overwhelming influence of both "of mice and men" and "jesus' son."
i am not too cool to admit how big steinbeck has been for me as a writer. the guy does everything. he's an amazing sentence writer, he handles politics in fiction as good as anyone ever has, he's funny as hell, and his stories have big huge beating hearts...
October 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
i am not too cool to admit how big steinbeck has been for me as a writer. the guy does everything. he's an amazing sentence writer, he handles politics in fiction as good as anyone ever has, he's funny as hell, and his stories have big huge beating hearts...
listen i know goodreads is a worthless cesspool that's owned by amazon and that deserves to be flushed down the toilet forever BUT i do want to point out that my book currently has a 4.33 / 5 stars rating.
September 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
listen i know goodreads is a worthless cesspool that's owned by amazon and that deserves to be flushed down the toilet forever BUT i do want to point out that my book currently has a 4.33 / 5 stars rating.