W. Ralph Eubanks

W Ralph Eubanks is an author, journalist, professor, public speaker, and business executive. From 1995 until May 2013 he was the Director of Publishing of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. In June 2013 he became the editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review at the University of Virginia. He has served as an advisor and adjunct professor on staff at the University of Virginia and George Mason University.

He is the author of three books, "Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi's Dark Past" (Basic Books), "The House at the End of the Road: The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South" (HarperCollins) and the upcoming "A Place Like Mississippi" (Timber Press).

In 2007, he was honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship, in recognition of his published memoir, "Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi's Dark Past."

Eubanks has contributed articles to the Washington Post Outlook and Style sections, WIRED, The Hedgehog Review,The Wall Street Journal, The American Scholar, The New Yorker, and National Public Radio. A graduate of the University of Mississippi (B.A.) and the University of Michigan (M.A., English Language and Literature), he is a recipient of a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and has been a fellow at the New America Foundation. Ralph lives in Washington, DC, with his wife and three children. From 1995 to 2013 he was director of publishing for the Library of Congress and is the former editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review at the University of Virginia. Currently he is a visiting professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi.