W. Ralph Eubanks
Autor de Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi's Dark Past A Memoir
Sobre El Autor
W. Ralph Eubanks is a native of Mount Olive, Mississippi. He lives with his wife and three children in Washington, D.C., where he is Director of Publishing at the Library of Congress
Obras de W. Ralph Eubanks
The House at the End of the Road: The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South (2009) 31 copias
VQR Volume 89 Number 3 — Editor — 2 copias
VQR Volume 89 Number 4 — Editor — 2 copias
VQR Volume 89 Number 2 — Editor — 2 copias
VQR Volume 89 Number 1 — Editor — 2 copias
VQR Volume 90 Number 1 — Editor — 1 copia
VQR Volume 90 Number 2 — Editor — 1 copia
VQR Volume 90 Number 3 — Editor — 1 copia
VQR Volume 90 Number 4 — Editor — 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1957
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Mount Olive, Mississippi, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Ocupaciones
- publisher
- Organizaciones
- Library of Congress
Miembros
Reseñas
A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real… por W. Ralph Eubanks
Take this tremendous journey across America’s most fertile literary delta. The epilogue is especially poignant in bringing together Mississippi’s sin, redemption, ignorance, and genius, horror, and ultimately, hope. Mississippi is America's mirror.
Eubank's autobiography is fascinating. The segues between his childhood, his investigation into the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, his trip back to Mount Olive and the historical pieces about the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi are sometimes missing or confusing. I also caught a couple editorial mistakes (duplicate words or funny gramatical stuff) that should have been caught by the editor.
Nonetheless, I enjoyed reading the book and feel I am coming away from it having learned a great deal about a time and place in history I am personally quite removed from. I read it just after having heard the NPR All Things Considered 5 part piece on the Brown vs. Board of Education decission so Eubank's memoir provided an interesting counterpoint.… (más)
Nonetheless, I enjoyed reading the book and feel I am coming away from it having learned a great deal about a time and place in history I am personally quite removed from. I read it just after having heard the NPR All Things Considered 5 part piece on the Brown vs. Board of Education decission so Eubank's memoir provided an interesting counterpoint.… (más)
This is a really good issue with a full play by Beth Henley, great essays on Harry Belafonte and Berry Gordy, and good short stories.
Lots of fiction in this issue, which I like.
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