“Tried & True” highlights today’s most original and eclectic writers of nonfiction from the academy and beyond. Join host Paul Zakrzewski as we explore important and controversial issues in the theory and practice of nonfiction writing. “Tried & True” is a co-production of the Assay Journal of Nonfiction Studies (assayjournal.com) and the Missouri Audio Project (missouriaudioproject.com). Our theme music comes from “Something” by the East West Quartet.
It was the height of WWII when T. S. Eliot published his masterpiece, The Four Quartets (1943). England was locked in a bitter fight with the Nazis. Y...
Episode 2 of Tried & True: The Assay Podcast features a conversation with authors Yvette Johnson ( The Song and The Silence ) and Taylor Brorby ( Coal...
Tried & True 's inaugural episode features a conversation between Francisco Cantú ( The Line Becomes A River ) and Reyna Grande ( The Distance Between...