Ralph Eubanks
W. Ralph Eubanks is a University of Mississippi Professor, Radcliffe Institute Fellow, and author of three honored books about his home state. Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi’s Dark Past was named one of the best books of its year and A Place Like Mississippi is the perfect visitors’ guide.
Books by Ralph Eubanks
A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape
by Ralph Eubanks
When I was asked to write the book, my editor Will McKay said, I think this is a book that should begin in the Delta. My reaction was: absolutely not. The myth is that all of Mississippi literature springs out of the Delta. To dispel that myth, I began the book on the Gulf Coast with Jesmyn Ward and Natasha Trethewey, two African American women writing difficult things about the South. Then I move on through the state, using the geographic regions of the state to tell the story of its literature.
Interviews with Ralph Eubanks
The best books on Mississippi, recommended by Ralph Eubanks
Outsiders see Mississippi as a site of slavery and indigenous removal; but to write about Mississippi is to write about the United States as a whole—and its original sins, says Prof Ralph Eubanks, as he recommends five of the best books on Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues.
