Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 13hLast four reads Last four reads The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe by @Ladiwoods1 The Church of Divine Electricity by Emily Mitchell Animals Strike Curious Poses by @elenavox Mystery essays by @tylercdempsey 010
Reposted by Andrew BertainaBrett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Read "Old Folks" written by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social and illustrated by Olivia Mulford. "The look of things confounds me, Doris said, rolling alongside Vern at the old folks home." tinyurl.com/ydy2dttytinyurl.comOld Folks — Ghost ParachuteThe look of things confounds me, Doris said, rolling alongside Vern at the old folks home. Several squirrels looked up from their acorns suspiciously. Vern was new to the home and admired the clean li... 022
Reposted by Andrew BertainaDan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"There was a breeze visible only in the trees. They had finished circling the labyrinth but Vern felt himself no closer to understanding the inner workings of the place he’d come to spend his final days." I love this gem by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social 💙💙💙 131
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Glad to have a new story in the 10th!! Anniversary of Ghost Parachute. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...ghostparachute.comOld Folks — Ghost ParachuteThe look of things confounds me, Doris said, rolling alongside Vern at the old folks home. Several squirrels looked up from their acorns suspiciously. Vern was new to the home and admired the clean li... 060
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026804 in DC on October 10th at 7p www.eventbrite.com/e/804-lit-sa... 022
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Morning read The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe by @ladiwoods.bsky.social 050
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Reading and discussing this in my courses today with the author. The church of divine electricity by Emily Mitchell 131
Reposted by Andrew BertainaMatt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"I’ve been carrying on a long term affair with memory. I think, lately, about thinking..." I love how much there is between the cracks of this piece by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...literarynamjooning.wixsite.comDeciphering by Andrew BertainaAt night, we search for the darkness. We stumble around inside of ourselves. Someone says they can still see the fireflies, and I think, perhaps, I can still see my lover—pale pink lips.We cannot make... 293
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Great reading at 804 lit salon last night. DC is a great literary city . 0100
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Recent winner of the Pen/Faulkner award, Mahreen Sohail, reading at 804 lit salon. 041
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Tomorrow night in DC Six wonderful writers including Mahreen Sohail who recently won the Pen/Faulkner award for her collection of short stories, Small Scale Sinners, from an independent press! 020
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Book mail Shakespeare’s Montaigne TR Florio 010
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’m teaching two of her essays for my advanced essay course that is meeting on Thursday. What a brilliant, weird, and wonderful mind. One of the great essayists. A loss for American letters 020
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Thrilled to have my contributor copy from @LaurelReview, which includes my story, Love in the Time of Bacteria. laurelreview.org/issues 050
Reposted by Andrew BertainaDan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"In June, we stumble down by the red walls of the canyon. Who made the marks on the walls of our heart?" I love this brilliant writing (the sensory details!) by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙 2114
Reposted by Andrew BertainaNina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Enjoying the work of @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in all its forms. His latest fiction is up now @lit-namjooning.bsky.social for your reading pleasure. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...literarynamjooning.wixsite.comDeciphering by Andrew BertainaAt night, we search for the darkness. We stumble around inside of ourselves. Someone says they can still see the fireflies, and I think, perhaps, I can still see my lover—pale pink lips.We cannot make... 185
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 14/09/2026So happy to have new work up at literary namjooning literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...literarynamjooning.wixsite.comDeciphering by Andrew BertainaAt night, we search for the darkness. We stumble around inside of ourselves. Someone says they can still see the fireflies, and I think, perhaps, I can still see my lover—pale pink lips.We cannot make... 1229
Reposted by Andrew BertainaMatt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"Years quicken. Years pass. Years dissolve. We are made of the years" Such a poignant capturing of emotion in this piece from @andrewbertaina.bsky.social 272
Reposted by Andrew BertainaMichael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Flash by: @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, Pamela Painter, @megpokrass.bsky.social, Rebecca Tiger, Liz Crowder, @kiptain.bsky.social, @happilander.bsky.social, and a bunch of people I don't know but am excited to read! Some fantastic artwork, too, especially by my bud, @courtneyb77.bsky.social! 273
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I have a new short piece up at Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...ghostparachute.comThe Lover — Ghost ParachuteLow scrim of sky. Small puddles, reflecting grey buildings, sky. An old woman walks down the street carrying her groceries. She thinks of herself in the past. Years quicken. Years pass. Years dissolve... 071
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Last four reads Other Emergencies by Sarah Freligh @MoonCityPress Voss by Patrick White Your name here by John Ashbery Celine in Silence by Hannah Harlee (digital ARC) 021
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 25/08/2026804 lit salon in DC on Sep 19 at 7p www.eventbrite.com/e/804-lit-sa... 000
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Last four reads Light by Eva Figes The Delegation by @AvnerLandes The Last Days Of Roger Federer And Other Endings by Geoff Dyer The Lost Estate by Alain-Fournier Tr Robin Buss 110
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Last four reads Light by Eva Figes The Delegation by Avner Landes The Last Days Of Roger Federer And Other Endings by Geoff Dyer The Lost Estate by Alain-Fournier Tr Robin Buss 000
Reposted by Andrew BertainaBruce Rosenstein @brucerosenstein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Three Questions for Lauren D. Woods, #Author of The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe; my new blog post #books #writing brucerosenstein.com/three-questi... @ladiwoods.bsky.social @andrewbertaina.bsky.social @autumnhouse.org @cabockwrites.bsky.socialbrucerosenstein.comThree Questions for Lauren D. Woods, Author of The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe – Bruce Rosenstein 0124
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 12/08/2026This weekend in DC Currently full for this event but let me know if you’d like to be included in future invites. 030
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I wrote this for you andrewbertaina.substack.com/p/on-writing...andrewbertaina.substack.comOn Writing and accumulating mulchI lied. 050
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Geoff Dyer The Last Days of Roger Federer 010
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 05/08/2026andrewbertaina.substack.com/p/the-odysseyandrewbertaina.substack.comThe OdysseyWe finally got around to watching The Odyssey because I’m in favor of the occasional pop culture movie rising to the level of “everyone has seen it.” It’s nice to gather around the water cooler with y... 020
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 03/08/2026804 lit salon in DC on August 15 at 7p www.eventbrite.com/e/804-lit-sa... 031
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 28/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/andrewbe...open.substack.comStonerI forget when I first read about Stoner, but it was almost certainly on the artist formerly known as Twitter. 010
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I have a story in here. You can pick it up from the Brink store or at your local Barnes & Noble. It’s a fairy tale retelling with some creative license taken :). 0101
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Very cool to have a story, Princes and Paupers, in the new edition of @f(r)iction. www.brinkstore.org/products/fri... 040
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Last four reads A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr @nyrbclassics A Silent Language by Jon Fosse tr Searls @FitzcarraldoEds Norwood by Charles Portis A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East by László Krasznahorkai Tr Mulzet 160
Reposted by Andrew BertainaSara Century @saracentury.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I understand that it sucks to have to read a book you didn't choose as a kid but when people are like 40 and still going, "well assigned reading turned me off from reading" it's like, ok but you're 40. No one has assigned you a book in like 20 years. 11113321794
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Morning read A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr 150
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Last four reads The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil Tr Wilkins and Pike Leave by @shaynester Motherhood: A Ghost Story by Anna Brook @brokensleep The Forgiveness Parade by Jeffrey McDaniel 000
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Book mail A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East László Krasznahorkai Tr Mulzet 020
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 14/07/2026“Almost all we have nowadays is writers, and hardly anyone reads books anymore…Do you realize, General, how many books are printed annually? I think it’s over a hundred books a day published in Germany alone.” Robert Musil The Man Without Qualities Tr Wilkins and Pike 000
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Book mail Change the Subject by Claire Hopple @rejectionlit.bsky.social 030
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Motherhood: A Ghost Story By Anna Brook @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social 011
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 09/07/2026“Hardly anyone reads anymore today; everyone just uses the writer to work off his own excess on him, in some perverse fashion, whether by agreeing or disagreeing.” Robert Musil The Man Without Qualities Tr Wilkins 010
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The Forgiveness Parade by Jeffrey McDaniel 031
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Last four reads The Summer Book by Tove Jansson Tr Teal Burn by Stephanie Austin Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan Tr Ash A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold 060
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Excited to have a piece in this @WWPHPress anthology, Capital Love. 060
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Morning read Leave by @shayneterry.bsky.social @autofocusbooks.bsky.social 140