W. Ralph Eubanks
@wralpheubanks.bsky.social
A writer and essayist whose work focuses on race, identity, and the culture and literature of the American South. President, Authors Guild
I’ve refreshed the look of my website, making it much cleaner and easier to navigate. This is what can be accomplished when there is a professional doing the work (I did the old version). www.wralpheubanks.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’ve refreshed the look of my website, making it much cleaner and easier to navigate. This is what can be accomplished when there is a professional doing the work (I did the old version). www.wralpheubanks.com
“When It’s Darkness on the Delta” is now available for preorder.
August 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“When It’s Darkness on the Delta” is now available for preorder.
On September 2, 2025, the Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker commemorating the 1970 Fulton Chapel Protest will be dedicated. If you are around Oxford, Mississippi then, please consider attending.
August 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
On September 2, 2025, the Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker commemorating the 1970 Fulton Chapel Protest will be dedicated. If you are around Oxford, Mississippi then, please consider attending.
DC does not match the dystopian picture depicted by the White House— including “bloodthirsty criminals” and “roving mobs of wild youth” — and this picture stands in sharp contrast to official crime statistics.
August 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
DC does not match the dystopian picture depicted by the White House— including “bloodthirsty criminals” and “roving mobs of wild youth” — and this picture stands in sharp contrast to official crime statistics.
I’m on my way to #RAGBRAI, so I didn’t get to open the box of advanced reader copies of “When It’s Darkness on the Delta,” coming in January 2026 from @beaconpress.bsky.social . A photo from home will have to do.
July 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m on my way to #RAGBRAI, so I didn’t get to open the box of advanced reader copies of “When It’s Darkness on the Delta,” coming in January 2026 from @beaconpress.bsky.social . A photo from home will have to do.
So wonderful to talk history, storytelling, and the legacy of Medgar Evers with @joyannreid.bsky.social and Ebony Lumumba (we missed you, Eddie Glaude).
June 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So wonderful to talk history, storytelling, and the legacy of Medgar Evers with @joyannreid.bsky.social and Ebony Lumumba (we missed you, Eddie Glaude).
Clarksdale, Mississippi, is hosting a weeklong celebration of Ryan Coogler's film "Sinners," which is set in 1930s Clarksdale. The celebration includes screenings of "Sinners" and discussions like this one I'll be a part of, "Building a Blues Economy Rooted in Dignity on May 30 at 10:30 am.
May 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Clarksdale, Mississippi, is hosting a weeklong celebration of Ryan Coogler's film "Sinners," which is set in 1930s Clarksdale. The celebration includes screenings of "Sinners" and discussions like this one I'll be a part of, "Building a Blues Economy Rooted in Dignity on May 30 at 10:30 am.
In an era where storytelling has the power to unite and inspire or divide and demean, the Deep South Convening is taking one big step to overcoming the historical and contemporary challenges that writers in the South face while gathering and amplifying a diverse array of voices from the region.
May 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
In an era where storytelling has the power to unite and inspire or divide and demean, the Deep South Convening is taking one big step to overcoming the historical and contemporary challenges that writers in the South face while gathering and amplifying a diverse array of voices from the region.
Yankee. Hotel. Foxtrot.
May 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Yankee. Hotel. Foxtrot.
Spotted recently at the Tate Modern in London. Seems relevant today.
March 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Spotted recently at the Tate Modern in London. Seems relevant today.
“Government has done me wrong, I’m mad about that….” A Thatcher-era song for our American times.
February 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“Government has done me wrong, I’m mad about that….” A Thatcher-era song for our American times.
My course policies for my Southern Rights and Activism course in Southern Studies, inspired by the work of the poet @josephfasano.bsky.social .
January 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My course policies for my Southern Rights and Activism course in Southern Studies, inspired by the work of the poet @josephfasano.bsky.social .
How wonderful for this to arrive as the new year approaches.
December 31, 2024 at 9:33 PM
How wonderful for this to arrive as the new year approaches.
"My View-Master came with commentary from Lowell Thomas, and I read the booklets from cover to cover to learn about the places I wanted to visit.
"I just never thought I would win an award named for Lowell Thomas, much less for writing about my own native soil." olemiss.edu/news/2024/12...
"I just never thought I would win an award named for Lowell Thomas, much less for writing about my own native soil." olemiss.edu/news/2024/12...
December 12, 2024 at 11:52 PM
"My View-Master came with commentary from Lowell Thomas, and I read the booklets from cover to cover to learn about the places I wanted to visit.
"I just never thought I would win an award named for Lowell Thomas, much less for writing about my own native soil." olemiss.edu/news/2024/12...
"I just never thought I would win an award named for Lowell Thomas, much less for writing about my own native soil." olemiss.edu/news/2024/12...
The Ugliest Girl in Town
(Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you)
(Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you)
November 19, 2024 at 11:19 AM
The Ugliest Girl in Town
(Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you)
(Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you)
On my website, I have posted a downloadable link to my essay "Must the Professor Crusade: On Literature and Activism" from the Southwest Review. Go to the link and look for the cover image near the top of the page, which will take you to a PDF of the essay.
www.wralpheubanks.com/essays
www.wralpheubanks.com/essays
November 7, 2024 at 4:18 PM
On my website, I have posted a downloadable link to my essay "Must the Professor Crusade: On Literature and Activism" from the Southwest Review. Go to the link and look for the cover image near the top of the page, which will take you to a PDF of the essay.
www.wralpheubanks.com/essays
www.wralpheubanks.com/essays
And there is also this.
October 26, 2024 at 1:56 PM
And there is also this.
“Continuing the Legacy of Freedom Summer” will explore the heritage of the ways local people in Mississippi were empowered to continue the work of Freedom Summer. Join me for a discussion tomorrow with Freedom Summer veterans and current activists in Mississippi.
March 19, 2024 at 7:15 PM
“Continuing the Legacy of Freedom Summer” will explore the heritage of the ways local people in Mississippi were empowered to continue the work of Freedom Summer. Join me for a discussion tomorrow with Freedom Summer veterans and current activists in Mississippi.
If you are in Oxford, Mississippi, join us on Thursday, February 15 at 6:00 for a commemoration of the 1970 Fulton Chapel protest (in Fulton Chapel).
February 13, 2024 at 8:46 PM
If you are in Oxford, Mississippi, join us on Thursday, February 15 at 6:00 for a commemoration of the 1970 Fulton Chapel protest (in Fulton Chapel).
The program is being conducted in collaboration with speech and debate at the University of Mississippi. “The purpose of this commemoration is to ensure that the memory and impact of the Fulton Chapel Protest is preserved for future generations. notes Ellie Moore, director of UM’s Speaking Center.
February 6, 2024 at 5:11 PM
The program is being conducted in collaboration with speech and debate at the University of Mississippi. “The purpose of this commemoration is to ensure that the memory and impact of the Fulton Chapel Protest is preserved for future generations. notes Ellie Moore, director of UM’s Speaking Center.
Scholar Grace Elizabeth Hale revisited the story about her grandfather and Versie Johnson, the man who died in his custody. The more she learned about what had happened, the less sense she could make of the past. Join us tomorrow at Square Books in Oxford, MS, for our conversation.
November 14, 2023 at 2:49 AM
Scholar Grace Elizabeth Hale revisited the story about her grandfather and Versie Johnson, the man who died in his custody. The more she learned about what had happened, the less sense she could make of the past. Join us tomorrow at Square Books in Oxford, MS, for our conversation.
Today at noon at the University Museum: a conversation with William Dunlap on the connection between the landscape of the American South and the ways light and landscape connect with his art and literature. Go to bit.ly/3QeNNGV to check out the remaining schedule.
November 1, 2023 at 10:48 AM
Today at noon at the University Museum: a conversation with William Dunlap on the connection between the landscape of the American South and the ways light and landscape connect with his art and literature. Go to bit.ly/3QeNNGV to check out the remaining schedule.
Coming up next week, Bill Dunlap will be the guest of
the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi for a SouthTalk on “Southern Light, Southern Landscape." Join us if you can Wednesday, November 1, at noon at the University Museum.
the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi for a SouthTalk on “Southern Light, Southern Landscape." Join us if you can Wednesday, November 1, at noon at the University Museum.
October 27, 2023 at 10:26 PM
Coming up next week, Bill Dunlap will be the guest of
the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi for a SouthTalk on “Southern Light, Southern Landscape." Join us if you can Wednesday, November 1, at noon at the University Museum.
the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi for a SouthTalk on “Southern Light, Southern Landscape." Join us if you can Wednesday, November 1, at noon at the University Museum.