Mickey Z (Fiction and Non-Fiction Writing)Born and raised right here in Astoria, Mickey Z. is probably the only person on the planet to appear in a karate flick with Billy Blanks and a radical book with Howard Zinn. He is the author of 9 books (6 non-fiction, 2 novels) and his third novel, "Darker Shade of Green," will be released in 2011. Most recently, he received a Project Censored award for his article exposing pollution by the U.S. military. Mickey's work appears on a wide range of websites, including Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com, Counterpunch http://www.counterpunch.org, and BORO http://www.boro-magazine.com and he can be found on the Web at http://www.mickeyz.net.