KGB Bar

NYU-SCPS Programs in Writing and Speech Present NYU MEETS UNY: AN EVENING WITH UNDERWATER NEW YORK

featuring

ELIZABETH GAFFNEY
ROBERT LOPEZ
NICKI POMBIER BERGER

and

REBECCA RESNICK

Underwater New York (underwaternewyork.com) is an online anthology of stories, art, and music inspired by the underwater objects and phenomena that surround New York City.

In the latest event presented by NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and literary venue KGB Bar, four writers will read from their contributions to the site:

ELIZABETH GAFFNEY’s first novel, Metropolis, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, was published by Random House in 2005. Elizabeth has been a resident artist at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Blue Mountain Center. She also serves as the editor at large of the literary magazine A Public Space. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, the neurologist Alex Boro, and her two daughters.

ROBERT LOPEZ is the author of two novels, Part of the World and Kamby Bolongo Mean River. A collection of his short fiction, Asunder, will be published by Dzanc Books in November, 2010.

NICKI POMBIER BERGER is the Founding Editor of Underwater New York and a member of the Advisory Board for 3 Generations, a non-profit organization that supports survivors of genocide and crimes against humanity by helping them share their stories. Nicki lives in Brooklyn and writes at the interdisciplinary gallery Proteus Gowanus.

REBECCA RESNICK’s story “Weight” was chosen as a finalist in Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers.  She is a writer and television producer, directing and producing shows for the Travel Channel, HBO, and Animal Planet. When not on the road documenting Outrageous Animals or places to Pig Out, Rebecca enjoys documenting the even stranger oddities found under the rivers of New York City. “This Is What Happens When You Stick Your Neck Out” is Rebecca’s first piece for Underwater New York.