In this episode of Mississippi Stories, Mississippi Today Editor-at-Large Marshall Ramsey sits down with award-winning author W. Ralph Eubanks to talk about his book, A Place Like Mississippi. A Place Like Mississippi takes readers on a complete tour of the real and imagined landscapes that have inspired generations of authors.

Eubanks is also the author of two other books: Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi’s Dark Past (Basic Books) and The House at the End of the Road: The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South (HarperCollins) and recently received the Nonfiction award for A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape by the The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters.

Eubanks talks about teaching other writers to learn their voice and how those voices have helped lift Mississippi’s literary tradition.

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Mississippi Stories: W. Ralph Eubanks

by Marshall Ramsey, Mississippi Today
July 3, 2022

<h1>Mississippi Stories: W. Ralph Eubanks</h1> <p class="byline">by Marshall Ramsey, Mississippi Today <br />July 3, 2022</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://youtu.be/3f6-q35taX0 </div> </figure> <p>In this episode of Mississippi Stories, Mississippi Today Editor-at-Large Marshall Ramsey sits down with award-winning author W. Ralph Eubanks to talk about his book, <em>A Place Like Mississippi</em>. <em>A Place Like Mississippi</em> takes readers on a complete tour of the real and imagined landscapes that have inspired generations of authors. </p> <p>Eubanks is also the author of two other books: <em>Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi's Dark Past</em> (Basic Books) and <em>The House at the End of the Road: The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South</em> (HarperCollins) and recently received the Nonfiction award for <em>A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape</em> by the The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters. </p> <p>Eubanks talks about teaching other writers to learn their voice and how those voices have helped lift Mississippi’s literary tradition.</p> <h2 id="h-listen-here">Listen Here</h2> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide" /> <div class="wp-block-group"> </div> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org/2022/07/03/mississippi-stories-ralph-eubanks/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org">Mississippi Today</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1.png?fit=134%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1076175&amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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