W. Ralph Eubanks is the author of Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi's Dark Past (Basic Books), which Washington Post book critic Jonathan Yardley named as one of the best nonfiction books of 2003. He has contributed articles to The Washington Post's Outlook and Style sections, the Chicago Tribune, Preservation, and National Public Radio. Since 1995, he has been director of publishing at the Library of Congress and is currently on a leave of absence. 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. Currently he is at work on his next book The House at the End of the Road: A Story of Race, Identity, and Memory, which will examine historical and contemporary issues surrounding race and identity through an examination of three generations of his family.