Greg Clary at Cicada Books

Greg Clary, Appalachian-born photographer and poet, is coming to Cicada for an author reading and book signing!
The event is free to the public and starts at 6pm on July 25th.
Greg will be reading snippets from his book The Vandalia In Me, sharing personal experiences, and signing books. He will also be selling prints of his photography featured in the book. Don’t miss it!

Greg Clary was born and raised in Turkey Creek, West Virginia, and now resides in the northwestern Pennsylvania Wilds. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Marshall University, his Ph.D. from Kent State University, and is Clarion University Professor Emeritus of Rehabilitation and Human Services. His photographs have appeared in many publications including The Sun Magazine, Looking at Appalachia, Rattle, Hole in the Head Review, Pine Mt Sand & Gravel, Tiny Seed Journal, The Watershed Journal, About Place, Change Seven, Appalachian Lit, Bee House Review, Fourth River, and many more.
His writing and poetry have been published in Rye Whiskey Review, The Bridge, Pine Mt. Sand & Gravel, Northern Appalachia Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Waccamaw Journal, Anti-Heroin Chic, Trailer Park Quarterly, Rust Belt Review, Clinch, Black Shamrock Magazine, Tobeco, and Wild Wind: Poems and Songs Inspired by the Songs of Robert Earl Keen.
He is author of The Vandalia in Me, (2024) and co-author of Piercing the Veil: Appalachian Visions (2020).