ralph eubanks was born and raised in the very small town of mount college in south mississippi.he earned his undergraduate degree from the university of the city and later amassed his degree in english and english language from the university of michigan. he is the author of two autobiographical works. ever is a long time, journey into mississippi's dark past, which a washington post critic thought was one of the best nonfiction books of 2003. more recently, he published the house at the end of the street. the story of three generations of an interracial family in the american south. >> he is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship and is a fellow at the new american foundation. he is the former editor of the virginia quarterly. and he served as director of publishing at the library of congress were 18 years . his essays and criticisms have appeared in the washington post, the wall street journal,the american scholar , npr and the new yorker. last year, he was the eudora welty visiting scholar in southern studies at novi college in jackson and currently he is a visiting professor of eng