Rafael AlvarezRafael Alvarez is a writer based in his hometown of Baltimore, the setting for virtually all of his fiction, journalism, and memoir. His biography of a Baltimore badass turned do-gooder--Don't Count Me Out: The Bruce White Story--will be releaed in 2022 by Cornell University Press. A former staff writer for the HBO drama The Wire, Alvarez learned his craft on the city desk of the Baltimore Sun as a young man. He can be reached at orlo.leini@gmail.com.