Mickey Z

Michael Zezima (known as Mickey Z) is a writer, editor, blogger and novelist living in New York City. He writes a bimonthly column, "Mickey Z. Says", for VegNews magazine and he has also appeared on the C-SPAN network's Book TV program. He is also a regular contributor to Planet Green, ZNet, CounterPunch, OpEdNews, Animal Liberation Front, and other websites, as well as posting on his own blog.

Biography

Mickey Z. was born and raised in Astoria, Queens, has appeared in a book with Noam Chomsky, and in a martial arts film with Billy Blanks. With only a high school diploma, he has authored 12 books and has "spoken and lectured in venues ranging from MIT to ABC No Rio, from Yale University to Occupy Free University. Howard Zinn called him 'provocative and bold.'"

Michael Zezima adopted the name Mickey Z after working at a gym in New York City where a friend called him Mickey. He liked the sound of it and used it in his pen name.

He also runs a one-man project delivering aid and direct relief to homeless people in New York City.

Bibliography

• Mickey Z (2014). Occupy this Book. Sullivan Street Press. Template:ISBN. Retrieved 2016-04-26
• Mickey Z (2015). Occupy These Photos. Sullivan Street Press. Template:ISBN.

External links

• Mickey Z's blog
• A tiny bio
• Radical America’s Homeboy: Mickey Z (Mickey is interviewed by Maxwell Black)
• Template:C-SPAN