Andrew Bertaina

Project: Non Fiction Submitted October 21, 2024 Submitter Profile Andrew Bertaina andrewbertaina@gmail.com Initial Form: Non Fiction Screen Time Submitted on October 21, 2024 Open Editing Hot Topic false Title Screen Time Cover Letter Hello Angela and Wendy, Thank you so much for thinking of me. In fact, my wife and I, long before we'd met one another, both published our first CNF pieces with Manifest Station. We met years later, but it's something we remember fondly. Anyhow, I am pleased to submit my CNF, Screen Time, for your consideration. Either way, I wish you both well! Andrew Bertaina is the author of the essay collection, The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place (Autofocus 2024), and the short-story collection, One Person Away From You (Moon City Press Award Winner 2021). His work has appeared in The ThreePenny Review, Prairie Schooner, Witness Magazine, Post Road, and elsewhere. His work has been athologized in The Best American Poetry and listed as notable in three editions of The Best American Essays. He has an MFA from American University and more of his work is available at andrewbertaina.com