Monthly Archives: July 2010

 For the final New Mercury Readings of the summer,  on July 28th,  Heather Dewar, Rafael Alvarez, and Rashod Ollison reminded us why, in the era of newspaper shrinkage, that space was there in the first place. Ex-sun reporter Rafael Alvarez’s essay, included in … Continue reading →

    Rafael Alvarez worked at the Baltimore Sun from the time he was 19 — dispatching delivery trucks in the circulation department — to his departure from the City Desk more than 20 years later. In his time at The Sun, … Continue reading →

Thanks for coming. It was a great evening, featuring three generations of Baltimore writers, once again reminding us that in this city at least you don’t need to make anything up. (Unless you’re H.L. Mencken…but that’s another story.) Charles Cohen, … Continue reading →