"The poems in this anthology hold true to mountain culture's strong story telling tradition, relating both the toil and the serenity of life lived on hill farms, in coal mining camps, and in small rural towns"--Provided by publisher.

Bob Henry Baber -- Joseph Barrett -- Kathryn Stripling Byer -- Fred Chappell -- Mark DeFoe -- Charles B. Dickson -- Hilda Downer -- Gregory Dykes -- Marita Garin -- Richard Hague -- Marc Harshman -- Don Johnson -- Stephen Knauth -- Mary Kratt -- P.J. Laska -- George Ella Lyon -- Jeff Daniel Marion -- Michael McFee -- Llewellyn McKernan -- Irene McKinney -- Louise McNeill -- Jim Wayne Miller -- Robert Morgan -- Valerie Nieman -- Lee Pennington -- Ron Rash -- George Scarbrough -- Bettie Sellers -- Vivian Shipley -- Nancy Simpson -- R.T. Smith -- Bob Snyder -- Katherine Soniat -- James Still -- John Foster West -- Charles Wright -- Isabel Zuber.