Paul Zakrzewski

Paul Zakrzewski is a writer, book coach and podcaster based in Santa Barbara, CA. He is the editor of Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction from the Edge (HarperPerennial), and his work has appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, as well as online at Brevity, and Essay Daily. Since 2005 he has taught nonfiction writing and literature classes in Lafayette College, the University of the Arts Continuing Education, and elsewhere. A graduate of Cornell University, he has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from VCFA. More at www.pzak.info.

Arts and Culture

Tried & True, Ep 4: This Way Back with Joanna Eleftheriou

Paul Zakrzewski

Joanna Eleftheriou moved from New York City to her father's ancestral town in Cyprus when she was 10, and has navigated borders of many kinds in the…
Arts and Culture

Tried & True, Ep 3: "Healing Europe: T. S. Eliot and Beethoven"

Paul Zakrzewski

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. Yet…
Arts and Culture

Tried & True, Ep. 2: #MeToo & Toxic Masculinity – Where Do We Go From Here?

Paul Zakrzewski

Episode 2 of Tried & True: The Assay Podcast features a conversation with authors Yvette Johnson (The Song and The Silence) and Taylor Brorby (Coal and…
Arts and Culture

Tried and True Ep. 1: 'Once a Border Crosser, Always a Border Crosser'

Paul Zakrzewski

Tried & True's inaugural episode features a conversation between Francisco Cantú (The Line Becomes A River) and Reyna Grande (The Distance Between Us),…