Open Book

(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 (rolloromig.com)

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. (Mnemosyne Books)

(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 (Paul Luikart)

(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.

Mark L Brooks (marklbrooks.com) On this episode of WUTC's "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Mark L. Brooks, an alum of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga whose debut novel is "Laying Autumn's Dust: A Southern Tragedy About Betrayal, Revenge, and Murder," published by Co-Pilot Publishing. (Co-Pilot Publishing)

(Kehrer Verlag) On this episode of WUTC's "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Pamela Thomas-Graham, author and photographer of the forthcoming book "When Words Fail: A Photographic Journey through New York City." Pamela Thomas-Graham (Buck Ennis via Simon & Schuster)

(craiglea123 / Creative Commons) On this episode of WUTC's "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with two poets in back-to-conversations: Mia S. Willis from Charlotte, NC - and Chattanooga's own Christian J. Collier. Mia S. Willis (Mia S. Willis) Christian J. Collier (Christian J. Collier)

Deanna Raybourn (Holly Virginia Photography) On this episode of "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Deanna Raybourn, author of "Kills Well with Others." Her novel - a sequel to "Killers of a Certain Age," a New York Times best seller - offers another bloody good adventure for four female assassins who band together again as they prepare for retirement. (Penguin Random House)

Jared Sullivan (Mackenzie Wray) (Aired 12/14/24) Jared Sullivan, an alum of UTC, talks about his book "Valley So Low: One Lawyer's Fight for Justice in the Wake of America's Great Coal Catastrophe" - on the coal ash disaster in Kingston, TN in 2008 and its aftermath - on this episode of WUTC's "Open Book" with Richard Winham. (Penguin Random House)

Matthew Hubbard (Mandy Rhoden Photography) (Aired Sat 11/16/24) Author Matthew Hubbard is Richard Winham's guest for this episode of WUTC's "Open Book."

Peggy Douglas (Southern Exposure) (Aired Sat 11/09/24) On this episode of "Open Book," Richard Winham shares the first part of his conversation with Peggy Douglas of "Southern Exposure."

Andrew K. Clark (Andrew K. Clark) (Aired Sat 10/19/24) On this episode of "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Andrew K. Clark, Appalachian Gothic writer and poet who lives near Asheville, NC - and shares the first part of his conversation with Peggy Douglas of "Southern Exposure." Peggy Douglas (Southern Exposure)

Richard Jackson in 2022. (Angela Foster / UTC) Richard Jackson - who established the creative writing program on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - talks about his latest collection of poems, "Where the Wind Comes From," on this episode of "Open Book" with WUTC's Richard Winham.

(matsuyuki / Creative Commons) On this episode of "Open Book," Richard Winham speaks with Michael Ake, Holly Morse-Ellington and Kashun Parks of Cast Iron Storytelling from Next Exit Productions - and author Mark Anderson.

Laura Hankin (Penguin Random House) Laura Hankin - whose latest novel and first romcom is "One-Star Romance" - is Richard Winham's guest on this episode of "Open Book."

Tasha Coryell (Emily Covington) On this Open Book, my first guest is Tasha Coryell - whose just published novel is titled "Love Letters To a Serial Killer." In the excerpt from the opening pages of the novel, read by Andi Arndt, the young woman Hannah talks about her life - alone much of the time - in Minnesota. It’s the preamble to her decision to write to an accused serial killer, William, in pr...

(infomatique / Creative Commons) (Aired 5/18/24) For this "Open Book," my first guest is Stephen Eoannou. When I was a very young lad living in a London suburb, I spent many of my days dreaming of riding a horse, six guns strapped to my waist on the dusty roads of the Old West. The Lone Ranger was my hero and I waited eagerly each week to catch up with his adventures on the 9” screen of the family...

(Jo Naylor / Flickr) (Aired 5/11/24) In this Open Book, my guest is a practicing psychiatrist who writes under the name James Champion. He decided to use a different name when writing his first novel to protect the patients he writes about in his account of the two years he spent in medical school as a clinical resident. “The clinical years of medical school are a unique and challenging experience...

(Cast Iron Storytelling) (Aired 4/13/2024) For the first half of this week’s "Open Book," my guests are the local playwrights, actors and producers Jason Tinney and Holly Morse-Ellington. Jason Tinney (Cast Iron Storytelling) Holly Morse-Ellington (Cast Iron Storytelling) In the second half of the show, my guest is Melodie Edwards. Her first novel was a re-imagining of "Jane Eyre," in which she pu...

Jason Tinney - at the launch of "Cast Iron Storytelling" at Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga in April 2024. (Cast Iron Storytelling) Richard Winham talks to Jason Tinney - actor, writer and producer - about his latest project "Cast Iron Storytelling." The series of curated stories from ordinary people was launched in April at Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga - and returns there on Saturday,...

My guests for this Open Book are Deborah Levine and Amy Wright. Deborah Levine is the editor-in-chief of the American Diversity Report . She has written 18 books and, according to her biography, she has been a change-maker for a diverse world in challenging times for more than three decades. In fact for much of her life, Deborah has been living in her imagination just as she did when she was a lit...

( Photo from rosemclarney.com) For this Open Book which is now on two successive Saturday evenings every month, my guest is Rose McLarney whose most recent collection of poems, Colorfast , has just been published. Rose is an associate professor of creative writing at Auburn University in Alabama. She’s also co-editor-in-chief and poetry editor of The Southern Humanities Review. She grew up in West...

(Photo from Stephaniedray.com) For this Open Book. my guest is New York Times, Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author of historical women’s fiction, Stephanie Dray. Her award-winning work has been translated into many languages and tops lists for the most anticipated reads of the year. Her most recent book is a novel based on the life of Frances Perkins. Frances Perkins is best rem...

My guests on this month’s show are equally passionate music fans albeit with a very different focus. My first guest, Dick Golden, has been hosting and producing radio programs since the early 1960’s. He’s passionate about the music and the singers associated with American popular music before rock and roll especially Tony Bennett with whom he had a long friendship. A few years ago he published a c...

Talking with Mary Louise Kelly on All Things Considered about her relatively late start as a writer, the Irish novelist Mary Louise Kennedy told her “…it was really late, I suppose. I mean, I think people have maybe started later, but, I mean, I was pretty much bundled into a car and brought to a writing group when I was 47. And it wasn't that I never wanted to write. I think when I was about 7 or...