About the Author

Susan Meiselas is a documentary photographer and member of Magnum Photos since 1976. She is the author of 10 monographs and has edited 4 collections of photographs. Her work is included in American and international museums. She has lived in Little Italy since 1974.

Angel Marinaccio has lived in Little Italy all her life. Her grandparents on both sides of her family came from Sciacca, Sicily and settled in New York's Little Italy on Elizabeth Street. She is the author of Be Home On Time When I Put The Water Up For Pasta.

Virginia Dell'Olio grew up on Mulberry Street. She is currently working on a series of stories about growing up in Little Italy. Her ancestors came from Italy and Scotland.

Reviews

The ultimate escape -- without leaving home -- tar beach offers city dwellers the space to feel like they are king of the world as they survey the jagged landscape from new heights, their views unimpeded by buildings blotting out the sun. The indelible sensation of being transported to a veritable mountaintop does marvelous things to one's mind, opening a magical portal into a world where anything is possible.--Miss Rosen "Blind"