about  Basil B. Clark

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Early morning scene overlooking Bennington, Vermont from atop Harmon Hill. Picture taken Summer 2008 on a hike on part of the Long Trail where a lot of emotional and spiritual healing was set in motion. There is something about the Handiwork of the Divine that reaches into the very core of our souls and minds.

Basil B. Clark is a retired Associate Professor of Speech and Theatre from the University of Pikeville [KY].

His interests lie in writing, gardening, hiking, art, photography, and enjoying all activities with his wife, Cora, and their two cats.

In 1983, he won grand prize in a Performing Arts Repertory Theatre [now TheatreWorks, USA] playwriting contest for his play Change of Exchanges. In 2001, his story "The Town Drunk" was included in The World's Best Shortest Stories published by Quality Paperback Book Club [NY], and in 2005 he co-authored Poetic Healing; A Vietnam Veteran's Journey From a CommunicationPerspective [Parlor Press]. In 2015 Basil published the Christian fictional work, Barabbas: Son of a Father.

He served fourteen months as an Infantryman with the 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam where he received the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars [one for Valor], and a Purple Heart.

In 2007, 2008 he wrote a DVD script, and also played the part of Dr. Thomas Walker in the DVD, Mars 2030; Coal Camp to Space Camp. It is part of an approved curriculum for 4th graders which coordinates with the Mars Invasion 2030 program at the Challenger Learning Center of Hazard, KY.