Baltimore Noir

By Rafael Alvarez, Jack Bludis, Tim Cockey and 12 more

Brand-new stories by: David Simon, Laura Lippman, Tim Cockey, Rob Hiaasen, Robert Ward, Sujata Massey, Jack Bludis, Rafael Alvarez, Marcia Talley, Joseph Wallace, Lisa Respers France, Charlie Stella, Sarah Weinman, Dan Fesperman, Jim Fusilli, and Ben Neihart.

Laura Lippman has lived in Baltimore most of her life and she would have spent even more time there if the editors of the Sun had agreed to hire her earlier. She attended public schools and has lived in several of the city’s distinctive neighborhoods, including Dickeyville, Tuscany-Canterbury, Evergreen, and South Federal Hill.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Akashic Books
• Release date: May 1, 2006
• ISBN: 9781936070190

Rafael Alvarez

Rafael Alvarez is a reporter, essayist, and staff writer for the HBO drama The Wire. He worked at the Baltimore Sun for over two decades, during which he published two collections of short fiction, The Fountain of Highlandtown and Orlo and Leini. The Sun published two anthologies of his journalistic work, Hometown Boy and Storyteller. He also wrote a guide book for The Wire called The Wire: Truth be Told. 

Reviews for Baltimore Noir

[dgrachel · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Some great stories and some real duds, but overall this gets a thumbs up from me. Some were very sad, others made me laugh, and a couple made me want the time I’d spent reading back. My only real gripe is that if you didn’t know anything at all about Baltimore, you’d think the city focused solely on either Baltimore Orioles baseball or reminiscing about “Homicide: Life on the Street”. Now, I loved both the book and the TV show, but there’s more to Baltimore than just that one show and baseball.