Andrew Bertaina

Andrew Bertaina serves as a Lecturer at American University, teaching creative writing courses including LIT-107 Creative Writing Across Genres, LIT-215 Writers in Print/Person, and LIT-400 Creative Writing: Fiction. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing and teaches advanced coursework such as LIT-700 Advanced Fiction Workshop for Spring and Fall 2025 semesters.

His creative practice centers on:

• Creative Writing
• Fiction
• Essays
• Literary Nonfiction

Bertaina is the author of the essay collection The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place (Autofocus, 2024), the book-length essay Ethan Hawke & Me (Barrelhouse, 2025), and the award-winning short-story collection One Person Away From You (Moon City Press, 2021). His work has been published in The ThreePenny Review, New Letters, Prairie Schooner, and Witness Magazine, with selections appearing in The Best American Poetry and The Best Microfiction.

His honors include:

• Moon City Press Award Winner (2021)
• Notable in three editions of The Best American Essays
• Anthologized in The Best American Poetry
• Anthologized in The Best Microfiction

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