Chat Book Flash Fiction: Paul Luikart's "Mercy"

Duane Betts

Devon Allman and Duane Betts [https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6a30453/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1080x810+0+0/resize/704x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7a%2Fd9%2F4f8e176944c3a6f85f365b3ea112%2Fallman-betts-band-a.jpg]Devon Allman and Duane Betts(Kaelan Barowsky / allmanbettsband.com) This interview aired in 2023. On this month’s Open Book, my guest is Duane Betts. Like his father, Dickey, the guitar player with the Allman Brothers Band played guitar with his father Dickey Betts for several decades before forming his own band, Great Southern, Duane Betts is a gifted guitar player. He played with his father in Great Southern for a decade. He later played with the California band Dawes before forming a band with Gregg Allman’s son Devon. They have made a couple of albums together, but for the first time this year he has released an album under his own name.

Rollo Romig And "I Am On The Hit List"

Cover of "I Am on the Hit List" by Rollo Romig. [https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8d9d25f/2147483647/strip/false/crop/428x428+0+0/resize/428x428!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2Fe6%2F83a8bcc3496dbaf95e413f8cbcea%2Fi-am-on-the-hit-list-cover.png](Penguin Books) On this episode of WUTC's "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Rollo Romig, author of "I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist's Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India." Rollo Romig [https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/568a0f7/2147483647/strip/false/crop/450x450+0+0/resize/450x450!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbe%2F99%2F07291dcd4ab7b2b98b7143f2dde4%2Frollo-romig.jpg]Rollo Romig(rolloromig.com)

A Brother-Sister Bond: Jennifer Boulanger's Memoir "A Song For Olaf"

Jennifer Boulanger [https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/527e70f/2147483647/strip/false/crop/662x648+0+0/resize/539x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe2%2Fe4%2F7a83faf14d8b811333f787010b23%2Fjennifer-boulanger.jpeg]Jennifer Boulanger(jenniferboulanger.info) (Aired Thu 5/22/25) On this episode of WUTC's "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Jennifer Boulanger, the author of "A Song for Olaf: A Memoir of Sibling Love at the Dawn of the HIV-AIDS Pandemic," published by Mnemosyne Books. "A Song For Olaf" cover. [https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3db0614/2147483647/strip/false/crop/595x892+0+0/resize/352x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd1%2F07%2Fce80a72540f8af29eb9ed28f9d6a%2Fa-song-for-olaf.jpg](Mnemosyne Books)

Chat Book Flash Fiction: Paul Luikart's "Mercy"

Cover of "Mercy" by Paul Luikart [https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/efdb834/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1232x1207+0+0/resize/539x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F95%2F23%2Ff453e56842778e25774a6937dc5b%2Fmercy-cover.png](Walnut St. Publishing) On this episode of WUTC's "Open Book" with Richard Winham, Paul Luikart - author, teacher and painter - talks about his latest work of short-form storytelling: "Mercy." Paul Luikart [https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f46d2ee/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1365x1364+0+0/resize/528x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdc%2Fec%2Fbac52dbd49d997836767c1c49027%2Fpaul-luikart.jpg]Paul Luikart(Paul Luikart)

One Year On And Counting: "Mileage" From Cast Iron Storytelling

Cast Iron Storytelling logo. [https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4d53a6b/2147483647/strip/false/crop/620x584+0+0/resize/561x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F77%2F58%2F8fb0c42c449f8737d7f82d9a4816%2Fcast-iron-storytelling-open-book.jpeg](Cast Iron Storytelling) On this episode of "Open Book" on WUTC, Richard Winham showcases "Mileage," the one-year anniversary show by Cast Iron Storytelling - this Sunday at Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga.