Radio Book Tour Co-host Jessica Pomerantz talks to Baltimore author Rafael Alvarez about the city he loves. The conversation moves from his latest work, Basilio Boullosa Stars in the Fountain of Highlandtown to his life and times growing up in the Baltimore area. We learn how Alvarez’s imagination is charged by his romance with the city where he was a reporter for the Baltimore Sun. Alvarez also played a major role in writing for the hit HBO series The Wire, regarded as “one of the greatest television shows ever made.”