After several years of reading the work of writers at Parchman—as well as helping to workshop writing—W. Ralph Eubanks has come to see prison writing as a unique body of literature that offers a commentary on the conditions that exist broadly in American society, specifically in Mississippi and the American South.
W. Ralph Eubanks
W. Ralph Eubanks is the author of “Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi’s Dark Past” and “The House at the End of the Road.” His book “A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape” will be published in March. He is a visiting professor of English and Southern studies at the University of Mississippi.
