Poetry Reading & Book Signing
55 East Main Street
Webster MA
Saturday, June 30th, 12-2 p.m. – Poetry reading and book signing with Ronald J. Whittle at Booklovers’ Gourmet, 55 East Main Street, Webster. Shrewsbury native Ron Whittle reflects about love and war in his unique, emotional prose style of writing in his chapbook “Goodbye Again”. Free. Books available for purchase. Call 508-949-6232 for more information.
About the author: Ronald J. Whittle is a lifetime resident of Massachusetts, born in Worcester and raised and educated in his hometown of Shrewsbury, MA. Further education came by way of the U.S. Navy, Vietnam, the Apollo 13 recovery team and 45 years of family living. Ron divides his time between Worcester and Cape Cod. His influences include Tom Waits, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Edgar Allan Poe, Ogden Nash, Ezra Pound and Rod McKuen. He is a member of the Worcester County Poetry Association, the Works in Progress/Outlaw Stage and the Worcester Artist Group, a founding member of the Worcester Art Walk and a member of the Warrior Writers of Boston. Several of his poems have been published in various magazines and he has recently been recognized internationally.