In this collection of 26 poems and two short stories, Neva Bryan offers an earthy and sensuous glimpse of Appalachia: the place and its people. Her spirited and inspired style honors the region?s landscape, explores its history, and reveals its culture. Sawmill Boys tackles love and lust, childhood and aging, heartache and joy, religion and spirituality, and issues of geography and environment. Imbued with a distinct regional personality, her writing addresses universal themes that can be appreciated by readers anywhere.