W. Ralph Eubanks: Vocation of the Writer

Thursday, October 19, 2023

The latest Vocation of the Writer Lecture features W. Ralph Eubanks, the author of A Place Like Mississippi. The book takes readers on a tour of real and imagined landscapes that have inspired generations of writers. Eubanks has written for the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, American Scholar, New Yorker, WIRED, and National Public Radio.  In 2023, he was honored with the Mississippi Governor’s Arts Award for literary excellence. 
The Vocation of the Writer Lecture is co-sponsored by the Creative Writing Program as part of its Working Writers Series and the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture.