Books like A Worn Path

This short story by Eudora Welty was both vivid and very moving. An old woman named Phoenix Jackson makes a journey that, from the title alone, we sense is one she has made many times before. The reason for her journey is not immediately evident, but Welty’s lovely prose made me feel as if I was on this quest with her. "Deep, deep the road went down between the high green-colored banks. Overhead the live-oaks met, and it was as dark as a cave." A Worn Path also reflects the racism and poverty of Mississippi during those times (the story was written in 1941). An affecting piece of literature and one that I recommend to anyone wanting to sample classic, American southern literature. I would love to immerse myself more fully in one of Welty’s full length novels sometime soon.