Missive in a Bottle

To celebrate the release of the newest collection of stories from UNY contributor Ben Greenman, we invite you to write a letter about an underwater object. What He’s Poised to Do uses letters and letter-writing to investigate human connection and disconnection. Underwater New York uses found objects as points of entry to stories that do the same. Now you can do both – here’s how:
- Choose an underwater object from our list
- Imagine a story behind your object, and use a letter or postcard to tell it. It can be visual art – create a postcard inspired by your object, for example – and/or written – epistolary, expository, accusatory, any-story.
- Email your letters to underwaternewyork (at) gmail (dot) com or actually mail them to 342 2nd Street, #4F, Brooklyn, NY, 11215
- We’ll post letters here, and may share some at future events
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Contributors
- Adam Sexton
- Alanna Schubach
- Aldina Vazao Kennedy
- Alex Dimitrov
- Allyson Paty
- Apryl Lee
- Ben Greenman
- Boris Timanovsky
- Bridget Talone
- Cate Marvin
- Chris Adrian
- Claire Shefchik
- Danniel Schoonebeek
- David Ciminello
- David Hollander
- Deb Olin Unferth
- Dolan Morgan
- Ed Park
- Elizabeth Gaffney
- Elizabeth Pickard
- Ella Mei Yon Biggadike
- Helen Georgas
- Isaac Kestenbaum
- Jaime Lowe
- James McClosky
- Jen Fitzgerald
- Joe Fritsch
- Jonathan Callahan
- KC Trommer
- Kate Overgaard
- Kathryn Davis
- Katie Arnold-Ratliff
- Katie Naughton
- Kristen Witucki
- Lashon Daley
- Leah Umansky
- Matthea Harvey
- Megan Gilbert
- Melissa Seley
- Michelle Wildgen
- Mike Lala
- Nelly Reifler
- Nicki Pombier Berger
- Nicole Haroutunian
- Nicole Miller
- Rachel Dix
- Rebecca Resnick
- Robert Lopez
- Said Sayrafiezadeh
- Sara Weiss
- Tom McCarthy
- Adrian Kinloch
- Alexander Rabb
- Alexis Neider
- Amy Jean Porter
- Colette Murphy
- Dan Selzer
- Deborah Sabat
- Elizabeth Albert
- Gabriela Bertiller
- George Boorujy
- Jill Allyn Peterson
- John Urquhart
- Kira Sexton
- Kris Percival
- Lee Arnold
- Maggie Tobin
- Marie Lorenz
- Mary Mattingly
- Nate Dorr
- Nicole Haroutunian
- Nura Qureshi
- Rick Caruso
- Roger Borg
- Rose Nestler
- Sarah Mostow
- Tricia Vita
- Aaron Diskin
- Annette Ezekiel Kogan
- Deidre Rodman Struck
- Doug Keith
- Lawrence Kim and His Boss
- Lindsay Sullivan
- Michael Hearst
- Richard McGraw
- Supergood!
- The Deedle Deedle Dees
Objects
- 1600 bars of silver
- 1968 Lincoln Continental
- Abandoned buoy
- Art in a bottle
- Baby doll heads
- Battleship toy
- Birdcage
- Body
- Boot
- Bottles
- Car
- Clara Bell clown
- Cleat
- Concrete Pilings
- Contaminated fish
- Crabs
- Current
- Deck of cards
- Deer
- Dentures
- Dolphin
- Dreamland
- Dreamland bell
- Ellis Island Ferry
- Eyeglasses
- Fish
- Flying fish (kite)
- Formica dinette
- Freight train
- Giraffe
- Good Humor Ice Cream Trucks
- Grand Piano
- Green boat
- Headless Dutch Boy figurine
- Heel and Key
- Horse bones
- Humpback whale
- Jet Ski
- Kangamouse
- Kawasaki waverunner
- Lightship Frying Pan
- Lottery tickets
- Mermaid
- Minke whale
- Monkey comforter
- Mussel shells
- Mysterious goo
- Oil
- Pan flute
- Pants
- Pipe
- Plane Crash
- Plastic Purse
- Produce
- Rose and carnations
- Scooter
- Sea glass
- Shinbone
- Shipwreck
- Shoes
- Shopping cart
- Silicone Breasts
- Silver Rattle
- Sitar Boy
- St. John's Guild Children's Hospital
- State secrets
- Stripped cars
- Submarine
- Submerged barge
- Surveillance Systems
- Tampon applicators
- Tea Pot
- Teredos & Gribbles
- The Abyss
- The General Slocum
- The Princess Anne
- Toilet paper
- Toxins
- Toy airplane
- Volvo
- Waterpod
- Wharf rats
- White boat
- Yellow bear
Body of Water
- Arthur Kill
- Bronx River
- Cedar Grove Beach
- Coney Island
- Coney Island Creek
- Dead Horse Bay
- East Hampton
- East River
- Gerritsen Beach
- Gowanus Canal
- Hell Gate
- Hudson River
- Hutchinson River
- Jamaica Bay
- Little Neck Bay
- Long Island Sound
- Lower New York Bay
- Melted snow
- New Dorp Beach
- New York Harbor
- Newark Bay
- Newtown Creek
- Plum Beach
- Prospect Park Pond
- Red Hook
- Rockaway
- The Coral Room
- The Narrows
- Upper New York Bay
- Westchester River
- World's Fair Marina
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