Thank you Rafael Alvarez for organizing and hosting the 6th Highlandtown Literary Extravaganza--an excellent time was had by all!
Be sure to read Rafael's new book "The Tuerk House" a chronicle of Baltimore's groundbreaking drug and alcohol rehab center that opened in 1970 after Maryland reclassified alcoholism from a criminal offense to a disease.
Here's a link to a podcast of Rafael talking about Tuerk House:
http://www.prattlibrary.org/booksmedia/podcasts/index.aspx?id=76353
