Roll on, Mississippi
W. Ralph Eubanks considers the literature, landscape, and legacy of the Magnolia State in âA Place Like Mississippi.â
photograph by w. ralph eubanks
âOn these Mississippi roads, the past and the present exist side by side. The past is there for all to see, yet perhaps is only noticeable to those who still remember it. Perhaps it is not the past Mississippi is losing on this landscape. Instead we are witnessing how the past and future are slowly becoming knitted together into one seamless garment.â â W. Ralph Eubanks, A Place Like Mississippi
From a Yazoo City cemetery to Rowan Oak, on the banks of the Mississippi River and in the shade-dappled heart of Piney Woods, on the paper-scented shelves of Square Books and the sun-blasted dirt of the Delta, author W. Ralph Eubanks has searched for â and found â Mississippi. The author has confronted its myths and its most mundane realities, sought out its soul in story and song. The result of his work is a beautiful collection of musings on the Hospitality State as viewed through the lens of its literature,