E.J. Zadok (Odawa) is an Afro-Anishinaabe poet and citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians. His poem 'A HUG MEANS MORE' recently appeared in Now&Then, a Greater Lansing independent zine. E.J. Zadok creates pseudo-epistolary works of ecopoetry, experimenting with form and convention to create emergent styles inspired by 21st century wilderness and alternative music. He is a recent graduate from Michigan State University, having completed a four-year degree in Political Science Pre-law and English Literary Studies.