Rafael Alvarez lives and writes in Baltimore, where all of his stories take place. A former City Desk reporter for the Baltimore Sun, Alvarez wrote for the first three seasons of the HBO drama "The Wire." His most recent collection of fiction is Basilio Boullosa Stars in the Fountain of Highlandtown.
13 entries by Rafael Alvarez
Why not sup in Sleepy Hollow this spooky season?
They say that all good things must end someday…
The life of Nelson Algren
Adventures in Spain
…And it’s sickening, sad, stupefying, and very, very funny.
Discovering high literature on the high seas.
Poetry in motion on the New York City subway
Unearthing surprise treasures at the Last Bookstore
Moses Herzog’s unusual attachment to letter-writing
…While carrying Proust into the future.
How a Greek prayer book was rescued in Baltimore
What Alejandro Escovedo reads on the road
Keats and Shelley and "Don’t Miss a Beat."